The Hubble Space Telescope has made in the ultraviolet range shot aurora at the north pole of Jupiter. Scientists say that a picture made orbital observatory is one of the most colorful, available to man today. This publication reports EurekAlert!
The figure of NASA and the European Space Agency image shows a combined photo taken in the ultraviolet (in 2016) and infrared (in 2014) ranges.
auroras Jupiter occur as well as on Earth, when high-energy particles of the solar wind directed magnetic field, enter the atmosphere in the area of the pole. Due to the presence of Jupiter more powerful magnetic field of Earth, auroras on the planet hundreds of times stronger than on Earth, and never stopped.
Telescope Hubble with a frequency of once a month the observation of auroras Jupiter. They were first observed in 1979 by Voyager 1. automatic station to the gas giant, July 4, 2016 will come automatic station Juno (Jupiter Polar Orbiter). The tasks of the mission included the NASA study clouds and auroras of Jupiter.
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