NASA captures a spectacular Northern Lights on Jupiter – La Nacion (Argentina)

The Juno spacecraft also photographed the north pole of the largest planet in our solar system; will 35 other orbital flights in the coming months

A large borreal aurora was photographed by the Juno spacecraft in Jupiter. Photo: File

After his historic arrival at the largest planet in our solar system, the probe of the NASA Juno, began an ordered orbit around Jupiter, where prepares to conduct a comprehensive study of its core, surface and atmosphere.

Today, the spacecraft has sent the first new images of the north pole of Jupiter, and a spectacular photo of the aurora borealis, all taken in the first flyby of the planet with its instruments of a lit board.

NASA reported today that the images show weather activity and very different storms to what had been observed so far in the System Solar.

the ship successfully executed the first of its planned orbital overflights (36 in total) on 27 August. The ship flew to 4200 kilometers above the planet. The agency has spent a day and a half analyzing 6MB of information collected by the ship, whose flyby over the north pole of the planet lasted six hours.

“The first look over the north pole of Jupiter not unlike anything we’ve seen or imagined, “said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.

The north pole of Jupiter, in an unprecedented decision. Photo: File / NASA

“There is no sign of latitudinal bands or belts that are used to seeing in other latitudes, and makes Jupiter barely recognizable in this picture,” he said and he added that Saturn has a hexagon at the north pole, but there is nothing Jupiter “nowhere near” similar to it. “The largest planet in our solar system is unique,” he said.

Juno is the first probe designed to operate in the heart of the radiation belts of Jupiter, the first to reach 2575 kilometers from their higher clouds and it will take every 14 days images with higher resolution never seen the giant planet, culminating mission in February 2018.

According to the US space agency (NASA), this mission will help understand “how giant planets and the role they played in the formation of the rest of the solar system formed.”

Five years took Juno to arrive at the planet . Photo: EFE

Scientists hope the probe Juno gas can pass through the thick clouds to see the behavior of the lower atmosphere, its winds, composition and surface temperature. In addition, it will examine the strong magnetic field of Jupiter, will measure the amount of ammonia in the deep atmosphere, and observe the planet’s auroras.

it is a mysterious planet Jupiter. One of the most interesting and enigmatic elements in Jupiter’s atmosphere is water. The Juno probe wants to solve the mystery of how much water contains the gas giant. The first thing you can determine that is if formed in the same position in the solar system where it is now or if it did elsewhere, allowing understand the history of other planets.