Almost the 10% from the surface of one of the lune of Jupiter is traveled by still hot magmawith Volcans and eruptions that as a radiator make the heat flow towards the outermost layers: it is the portrait of I which comes from the latest observations of the Juno probe of NASA, presented on the occasion of the General Assembly of the European Union of Geosciences. Juno’s observations also allowed to discover some new ones Details on the huge cyclones that take place on Jupiter.
“Everything on Jupiter is extreme: gigantic polar cyclones larger than Australia, powerful jet currents, the most volcanic body of our solar system, the most powerful aurora and the most intense radiation bands,” said Scott Bolton of the Southwest institute of San Antonio in Texas and Juno’s scientific manager.
The tools of the probe have allowed analyze in detail the depths of Io thus discovering the presence of enormous quantities of hot magma just below the outermost layerin about 10% of the surface and all latitude. An incredible dynamism of lava which is also At the basis of the intense volcanic activity: “The volcanoes of I work like a radiator, transfer heat from the inside to the surface and towards the space,” added Shannon Brown of the JPH (Jpl) JPs of NASA.
At the same time, Juno continued to study the atmospheric phenomena of Jupiterin particular polar cyclones. Thanks to experiments of radio concealment, that is, exchanging radio wave impulses between Juno and the earth when the probe finds himself going behind the planet ‘shoulders, it was also possible measure for the first time the temperature of the stratosphere of the North Pole of Jupiter. An innovative technique that has allowed us to have information on the movements of the numerous e gigantic cyclones of the giant planet, which according to the new data would all be connected to each other.
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