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The lower image shows the main ring in forward-scattered light demonstrating its lack of any structure except the Metis notch. Metis orbiting at the edge of Jupiter's main ring, as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2007. The narrow and relatively thin main ring is the brightest part of Jupiter's ring system.
Webb's new images of Jupiter showcase its auroras, rings, and extremely faint galaxies, which Hubble can't see. Side-by-side Jupiter images show James Webb's infrared prowess.
James Web Telescope image of Jupiter, taken in Infrared light, reveals its faint rings, along with two moons, Amalthea and Adrastea, auroras, and features of its atmosphere. Main article: Rings of Jupiter
Jupiter's ring system was the third to be discovered, when it was first observed by the Voyager 1 probe in 1979, [11] and was observed more thoroughly by the Galileo orbiter in the 1990s. [12] Its four main parts are a faint thick torus known as the "halo"; a thin, relatively bright main ring; and two wide, faint "gossamer rings". [ 13 ]
Flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io, the only known volcanic world in our solar system, have captured images of a massive lava lake and a towering Matterhorn-like mountain.
Although Himalia is the sixth-largest moon of Jupiter, it is the fifth-most massive. Amalthea is only a few km bigger, but less massive. Resolved images of Himalia by Cassini have led to a size estimate of 150 km × 120 km (93 mi × 75 mi), while ground-based estimates suggest that Himalia is large, with a diameter around 170 km (110 mi).
The image shows the alignment of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Neptune and Uranus from the perspective of the moon. Neptune and Uranus would not have been visible to the naked eye if you were ...
The most detailed map of Jupiter in existence, according to Nasa. This picture well illustrates the rings of Jupiter, as well as the south pole (which I didn't know existed). It says on the Nasa page that it is the most detailed map of Jupiter ever made. It was constructed with images taken by Cassini, and appears in the article Jupiter. The ...