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2 days ago · Jupiter, the most massive planet in the solar system and the fifth in distance from the Sun. It is one of the brightest objects in the night sky; only the Moon, Venus, and sometimes Mars are more brilliant. Jupiter takes nearly 12 Earth years to orbit the Sun, and it rotates once about every 10 hours.
2 days ago · Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, at more than 300 times the mass of Earth. It is mostly made of hydrogen and helium, with a thick atmosphere consisting of several layers and ...
4 days ago · Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 100. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
2 days ago · This page shows Jupiter location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details).
5 days ago · Detailed Forecast. Today. A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
4 days ago · The Great Red Spot of Jupiter was observed by Webb’s Near-InfraRed Spectrograph in July 2022, using the instrument’s Integral Field Unit capabilities. The team’s Early Release Science observations sought to investigate if this region was in fact dull, and the region above the iconic Great Red Spot was targeted for Webb’s observations.
3 days ago · NASA’s Juno Gets a Close-Up Look at Lava Lakes on Jupiter’s Moon Io. The JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured two volcanic plumes rising above the horizon of Jupiter’s moon Io. The image was taken Feb. 3 from a distance of about 2,400 miles (3,800 kilometers). Infrared imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft heats ...
