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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Jupiter Rotates as Moons Orbit
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 25 Oct, 2022 | Video Credit & Copyright: Makrem Larnaout

Posted on 10/25/2022 6:02:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Jupiter and its moons move like our Sun and its planets. Similarly, Jupiter spins while its moons circle around. Jupiter’s rotation can be observed by tracking circulating dark belts and light zones. The Great Red Spot, the largest storm known, rotates to become visible after about 15 seconds in the 48-second time lapse video. The video is a compilation of shorts taken over several nights last month and combined into a digital recreation of how 24-continuous hours would appear. Jupiter's brightest moons always orbit in the plane of the planet's rotation, even as Earth’s spin makes the whole system appear to tilt. The moons Europa, Ganymede, and Io are all visible, with Europa's shadow appearing as the icy Galilean moon crosses Jupiter's disk. Jupiter remains near opposition this month, meaning that it is unusually bright, near to its closest to the Earth, and visible nearly all night long.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; europa; ganymede; greatredspot; io; jupiter; nasa; science
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Today's image is a video at the source link.

1 posted on 10/25/2022 6:02:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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Today's image is a video at the source link.
2 posted on 10/25/2022 6:03:30 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Whenever they do time lapse, there really should be clock ticking the reference time in one corner.


3 posted on 10/25/2022 6:06:55 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: MtnClimber

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4 posted on 10/25/2022 6:30:04 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: MtnClimber

How can Jupiter have moons traveling in the opposite direction if the big bang is true???
Answer:
The big bang never happened...


5 posted on 10/25/2022 6:36:40 PM PDT by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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To: Pez149
These moons aren't traveling in the opposite direction, but regardless, there's zero connection between the direction of the orbits of moons and the Big Bang.

6 posted on 10/25/2022 7:30:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’ve been looking at it on and off all month. It is the brightest “star” up here in the PNW Mars is particularly bright to in the eastern sky but not much fun looking at Mars.


7 posted on 10/25/2022 7:47:57 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I think he was quoting Uncle Festerman from tonight’s debate. ???


8 posted on 10/25/2022 7:52:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: TigersEye

Hmm, I wondered why it seemed familiar.


9 posted on 10/26/2022 8:58:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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