Planet Jupiter's Rotation: January 2024 | Hubble Space Telescope

Planet Jupiter's Rotation: January 2024 | Hubble Space Telescope

The NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope images used in this animated science visualization present a full rotation of the giant planet Jupiter. This is not a real-time movie. Instead, Hubble snapshots of the colorful planet, taken on January 5–6, 2024, have been photo-mapped onto a sphere, and the model is then rotated in animation. The planet's real rotation rate is nearly 10 hours. This is easily plotted by watching the Great Red Spot come and go with each completed rotation. Hubble monitors Jupiter and the other outer Solar System planets every year under the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program (OPAL).

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. DePasquale (STScI), A. Simon (NASA-GSFC)

Duration: 31 seconds

Release Date: March 8, 2024

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