Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have produced new maps of Jupiter – the first in a series of annual portraits of the solar system’s outer planets.
Collecting these yearly images – essentially the planetary version of annual school picture days for children – will help current and future scientists see how these giant worlds change over time. The observations are designed to capture a broad range of features, including winds, clouds, storms and atmospheric chemistry.
Already, these new images have revealed new features of the Jovian giant never before seen.
Please join +Tony Darnell and Dr.+Bonnie Meinke as they discuss these exciting new images with the team of astronomers who made them.
To learn more:
http://hubblesite.org/news/2015/37
To access the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program images and data, visit:
https://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/opal/
White House Astronomy Night:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/08/21/white-house-astronomy-night-celebration-science-technology-and-space
http://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/OWN/news.html