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Jupiter's Aurora

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This ultraviolet images shows how the auroral emissions change in brightness and structure as Jupiter rotates.

It also reveals how the magnetic field is offset from Jupiter's spin axis by 10 to 15 degrees.

Credit: John T. Clarke and Gilda E. Ballester (University of Michigan), John Trauger and Robin Evans (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and NASA/ESA

 

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Press Release
Id:opo9632b
Object:Jupiter
Type:Solar System
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:452
Height:433

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