| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
74-H-676 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1975
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Title
View of Jupiter
Full Description
This view of Jupiter shows the giant planet's cloud tops taken by the
Pioneer 10 spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter last December. This view
was taken from 2,695,000 kilometers (1,842,451 miles) away. It shows
the 25,000 mile long Great Red Spot, which is large enough to swallow
up several Earths. Individual cloud formations are visible in some
detail. The bright zones appear to become split up into the detailed
flow patterns of Jupiter's atmosphere and clouds.
The area surrounding the Spot in the bright South Tropical Zone,
suggests a flow pattern about the Spot which is bulged toward the
north by the Spot. The Spot may be a gigantic "permanent hurricane."
The gigantic cloud swirls are thousands or more miles across.
Pioneer 10 flew past Jupiter in December 1974 and flew past the orbit of Pluto
in 1987. A sister spacecraft, Pioneer 11 reached Jupiter in December 1975.
The Pioneer Project was managed by NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain
View, Calafornia. The spacecraft was built by TRW Systems.
Keywords
Pioneer 10 Jupiter Great Red Spot
Subject Category
Space Probes, Planet-Jupiter,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
74-H-676
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001698
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
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Thumbnail |
.jpg |
72 |
90 |
5 |
Small |
.jpg |
512 |
639 |
77 |
Medium |
.jpg |
1200 |
1497 |
303 |
Large |
.jpg |
2400 |
2993 |
1,011 |
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