Questions tagged [jupiter]
Questions regarding Jupiter, the 5th and largest planet in the Solar System.
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Time evolution data of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
Jupiter's Great Red Spot fascinates scientists for ages, so it does me. Where can I find a table (e.g. as CSV-file) with the time evolution of longitude, latitude, horizontal and vertical extension of ...
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When will Callisto be in orbital resonance with the rest of Jupiter's big moons?
The four Gallilean moons of Jupiter (from innermost) are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Io, Europa, and Ganymede are in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance. Callisto's orbital period is 16.689 days, which ...
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If Jupiter and Saturn were considered stars, which of their moons would qualify as planets by 'clearing the neighbourhood'?
Jupiter has four and Saturn seven spherical satellites. Jupiter's moon Ganymede and Saturn's Titan are larger than Mercury and they're the most massive moons at 0.0248 M♁ (Ganymede) and 0.0225 M♁ (...
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If we stood on the surface of a Jovian moon, Saturn would appear as a dot. Why doesn't Saturn appear like this in a telescope?
Images from the conjunction like these show Saturn just a bit smaller than Jupiter. However, if you were in the vicinity of Jupiter, Saturn would still appear as a dot to the naked eye, wouldn't it? ...
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Meteor size and frequency distribution for Earth vs. moon or other planets?
I struggle to find an answer to the at-first-sight simple question if or how the size distribution and frequency distribution of incoming rocks hitting the ground or the atmosphere vary from Earth, to ...
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How is it that Jupiter and Saturn appear the same size in the sky?
Saturn is twice as far as Jupiter is from Earth according to a quick Google search. But I needed to understand why do they appear as if they are the same size. I mean as if they are not far apart. For ...
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Question about telescope eyepieces
I have a Celestron 60LCM refractor telescope. It has a 60mm aperture and a 700mm focal length. It came with two eyepieces. One is 25mm and the other is 9mm. They are marked only with their focal ...
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The electron–cyclotron maser emissions from Earth
The first-ever detection of radio signals caused by the electron–cyclotron maser mechanism outside of the Solar System, on Tau Bootis b was recently published (here). This phenomenon causes huge radio ...
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Will I be able to see both Jupiter and Saturn at the same time in my Astromaster 114?
I have a Celestron Astromaster 114 Newtonian reflector telescope. The specs:
aperture: 114mm
focal length: 1000mm
focal ratio: f/8.77
I also have a t-ring so I can connect a Nikon camera to it.
Will ...
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Are the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions and winter solstice related?
There is conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on Dec 21. And there is another celestial event on that day the winter solstice.
So I'm just wondering that are these two events are related or not?
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Lightning in Jupiter's “string of pearls?”
Is there any reason there couldn't be lightning in the storms that make up Jupiter's "string of pearls?"
Addendum:I'm writing a science fiction novel, with a ship passing by Jupiter and ...
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Why do Jupiter impact events look dark brown?
When a large asteroid impacts a rocky planet, the impact area becomes molten, looking red. However, when an asteroid or other large object impacts a gas giant, like Jupiter, the impact area turns dark ...
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Does Jupiter rotate at the same speed at every depth?
Jupiter rotates in less than 10 hours. Its rotation is differential, with the upper layers of the atmosphere spinning a bit faster at the equator than at higher latitudes. Do the inner layers of ...
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Why does the Simbad page “A.A. Michelson's Jovian Galilean-satellite interferometer” show data for Betelgeuse?
When searching for things related to How did Michelson measure the diameters of jupiter's moons using optical interferometry? I came across the ui.adsabs.harvard.edu entry A. A. Michelson's Jovian ...
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Why Trojans haven't merged into moons
Jupiter's trojans are located in the L4 and L5 Lagrange points.
These two points are stable, so why don't all the trojans have already merged into small moons?
And since it's not the case, what ...
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Celestron 130 EQ astromaster [duplicate]
I brought this 130 EQ telescope and set it up following the manual. I checked collimations and seemed alright, the usual 3 clips with the black solid circle in the middle crisscrossed by the spider ...
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What is behind the Great Red Spot's longevity?
On Earth, storms can last a few days. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a storm that has been going on for more than 400 years now. What is different on Jupiter that makes it possible for storms to ...
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Good eyepieces for Saturn and Jupiter
I have a celestron powerseeker 114eq telescope. Aperture : 114mm Focal Length: 900mm
I have 20mm and 4mm eyepieces and a 3x Barlow. I have seen Saturn's rings using 4mm eyepiece but it's blurry and ...
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What can Jupiter's spectrograph tell us other than its rotational velocity?
I have data of a Jupiter's image and the spectra of each pixel in the image, and I am playing around to see what I can do with it.
I have managed to find Jupiter's rotational velocity by finding the ...
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Can you see both Jupiter and Saturn (and their moons) in detail during their upcoming conjunction?
In December of this year, Jupiter and Saturn are going to be in a conjunction. Are they going to be close enough that you could resolve both as more than just dots and see their respective satellites ...
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What is the period of Jupiter being visible in the sky?
For more than 3 months now, we can enjoy seeing Jupiter in the sky, and this will be the case until end of December.
This means that Jupiter move slowly in the sky every day, but it makes me wonder ...
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Surface of the Sun, or Jupiter, etc [duplicate]
I keep hearing and reading statements that refer to the "surface of the Sun" (how hot the surface of the sun is) or the "surface of Jupiter" (when the Shoemaker comets hit Jupiter)....
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Jupiter with a mobile phone and Celestron Astro FI 102mm Maksutov
My name is John, I am new here and now that I am retired I decided to get myself my first ever telescope, why I never got one before I have no idea...probably too busy.
So I thought I would try and ...
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How far can we detect lightning in radioastronomy?
The wikipedia article on whistlers has this information:
Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft detected whistler-like activity in the
vicinity of Jupiter known as "Jovian Whistlers", implying the ...
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Will Jupiter eventually stop shrinking?
Jupiter is currently shrinking due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism. Will this mechanism eventually hold or getting slower? If so, at what size of Jupiter will it stop and why? If not, what will ...
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Why don't the inner moons of Jupiter have tidally-induced volcanism?
Volcanism on Io is caused by the fact that it is tidally heated. There are four moons that are closer to Jupiter than Io with higher eccentricities, yet they don't seem to have any volcanism at their ...
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Lucky imaging with Celestron 14 - is this result reasonable?
I attempted to do some lucky imaging of Jupiter using a permanent installation (Celestron $14$" SCT + Paramount ME II) and Nikon D5600 attached directly to a Baader Hyperion 8-24mm eyepiece (...
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Focal ratio importance for planetary viewing
It seems that almost every article online regarding planetary viewing recommends a telescope with a high focal ratio (f/8 or more), for revealing the finer details of the planets. But I find this a ...
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Is Jupiter as opaque as it looks?
Although it is impossible to tell what is and isn't false color (aside from the adage that it probably is false). It's inarguable that no picture of a gas giant shows any depth or significant ...
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Why do gas giants have clearly delineated surfaces, whereas the Earth's atmosphere fades into space?
I've just seen this Forbes article.
Why do gas giants appear to have clearly delineated surfaces, whereas the Earth's atmosphere fades into space?
Is it just a matter of scale? Or is there some ...
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Why isn't there a large gap in the number of captured moons Jupiter and Saturn have?
Given that Jupiter is roughly 3x as massive compared to Saturn and is located right next to the asteroid belt, it feels that Jupiter should easily have a larger amount of captured moons. However ...
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What would Jupiter look like from a Galilean moon?
If I were on a Galilean moon of Jupiter, like Europa or Ganymede, what would the planet look like? (Let's say I'm on a space station that provides atmosphere to make it slightly less unrealistic.)
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Why does Saturn have a more prominent equatorial bulge and higher flattening ratio than Jupiter despite rotating slower?
It is my understanding that a planet's equatorial bulge is caused by the centrifugal force produced by its rotation, and the faster a planet rotates the bigger the bulge and flattening ratio of a ...
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Is Jupiter a failed star?
The elemental make-up of Jupiter is about entirely hydrogen and helium, along with a very small fraction of the atmosphere being made up of compounds such as ammonia, sulfur, methane, and water vapor. ...
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Is it possible to see Callisto with the naked eye when it's at its greatest elongation from Jupiter?
A quick search shows that Callisto has an apparent magntidue of 5.65, which would make it easily visible under relatively dark skies. Being the farthest Galilean moon, does it ever get far away from ...
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How frequently do Jupiter & Regulus have triple conjunctions?
I am wanting to know if the triple conjunction of Jupiter with Regulus in:
Sep 10, 3 BC
Feb 7, 3 BC &
May 8, 2 BC
with Jupiter later having a conjunction with Venus in Jun 17, 2 BC has happened ...
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During solar eclipses on Jupiter, can the moon(s)' shadow(s) on the surface be seen from Earth with a telescope?
All of the Galilean moons are large and close enough to Jupiter that they can completely eclipse the sun and allow a solar eclipse to happen.
My question is can an observer from Earth, see the moon(s)...
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Would magnetic reversals on Ganymede affect radiation levels at the surface?
Currently the intrinsic magnetic field of Ganymede is anti-aligned with respect to the Jovian magnetic field. If this situation changed to become aligned, either due to magnetic reversals of the ...
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Size and mass of comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4)
I read some news about this new comet and some unreliable sources said it is twice as big as Jupiter. I tried to find a reliable estimation of its size or mass, but I couldn't find anything. Would you ...
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Why is the great red spot shrinking?
The Great Red Spot is an anticyclonic storm on Jupiter that is bigger than the Earth. Based on the Wikipedia article, it has been shrinking in size for the last 400 years, going from 41 to 16 thousand ...
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The compatibility of the Grand Tack hypothesis with the “core-warping impact” theory of Jupiter's diffuse core
In recent years, the Juno mission revealed that Jupiter's core was much more diffuse than astronomers had expected.
One theory is that "within a few million years" of its formation, Jupiter ...
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How much rock has Jupiter “swallowed”?
During its formation approximately 4.5 bya, Jupiter passed through what is now the asteroid belt,gravitationally deflecting some spacewards and some sunwards.
Logically, Jupiter, due to its massive ...
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Why isn't the asteroid belt affected by Jupiter's gravitational field?
Jupiter's mass is just about a 1000th of the sun's and the asteroid belt is slightly closer to Jupiter than it is to the sun.
If the heavier the object, the more curvy space is around it, why isn't ...
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If Jupiter would stop rotating, would its atmosphere become homogeneous and single coloured?
Looking at pictures of Jupiter, there are many different colours and patterns. I imagine that the rotation has much to do with this, since there are horizontal "bands" across the planet along the ...
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How much higher is the radiation around Jupiter than at Chernobyl, after the explosion?
I suppose the radiation levels are higher at Jupiter, but how much? Would the Juno probe have been able to "operate" on the Chernobyl roof in 12000 roentgen/hr?
After watching the short series ...
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How long do solar eclipses last on Metis?
How long does Jupiter obscure the sun, from the perspective of Metis, the innermost moon of Jupiter?
In other words, how long does Metis remain in the shadow of Jupiter?
If it varies by time of year,...
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How often are there lunar eclipses on Jupiter
For the Earth-Moon system, the orbit of the Moon is at a slight incline compared to the plane of the ecliptic. This incline is enough for there to be eclipses roughly twice a year rather than every ...
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Counter clockwise rotation of storms at Jupiter's north pole. What explanations have been proposed?
On Earth, high pressures and low pressures occur interchangeably. So that where two pressure systems intersect, they move the air in the same direction. But as Juno revealed the first observations of ...
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Storm on Earth vs. storm on Jupiter?
Why is the storm on Jupiter much stronger than storms on Earth and why don't the storms on Earth get as big as Jupiter's great red spot
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Is there any possibility that a gas planet turns into a star [duplicate]
Since the sun is made of one of elements hydrogen
Why Saturn and jupiter doesnt turn into a star since they have a elements of hydrogen ?
