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| About
this Object
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Object Name: |
Jupiter's Great Red Spot |
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Object Description: |
High-pressure
Cyclonic Storm on Jupiter |
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Jupiter's Total
Visual Magnitude: |
-2.6 magnitude (at opposition) |
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Distance to Jupiter: |
5.2 Astronomical
Units (778 million km or 483 million miles
) |
Diameter
of Jupiter: |
142,984 km or 88,789 miles (at
equator) |
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Diameter of Great
Red Spot:: |
24,800 km or 15,400
miles (lengthwise) |
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| About
the Data
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Instrument and Exposure
Dates: |
WFPC: May 92
WFPC2: Jul 94, Aug 94, Feb 95, Oct 95, Oct
96, Apr 97, Jun 99 |
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Filters: |
F410M, F439 (B),
F555W (V), F673N [SII], F718, F953N
[SIII] |
Colors: |
Each three color image is chromatically
ordered using subsets of the filters listed
above. |
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Principal
Astronomers: |
A. Simon (Cornell
U.), R. Beebe (NMSU), and collaborators.
H. B. Hammel (Space Science Institute, MIT),
R. Beebe (NMSU), J. T. Clarke (U. Michigan)
, R. A. West (JPL), A. Storrs (STScI), and
collaborators.
H. Bond, C. Christian, J. English, L. Frattare,
F. Hamilton, A. Kinney, Z. Levay, K. Noll
(Hubble Heritage Team). |
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| About
this Image
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Image Credit: |
NASA and The Hubble
Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
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Release Date: |
August 5, 1999
12:00 noon (EDT) |
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