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Questions regarding Jupiter, the 5th and largest planet in the Solar System.

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I am confused by a single statement at the end of Chapter 44 "Satellites of Jupiter", J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd ed. In the last paragraph, on p.315, he says this: Eclipses and ...
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If one calculates the location of the center of mass of the Sun-Jupiter system, they obtain that the CM is about $1.06\ R_\odot$ away from the center of the Sun, so it lies above the solar surface, ...
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As part of a larger work, I am writing a short description for general audiences of "apparent magnitude", specifically in regard to Solar System planets. My example is Jupiter, and I am ...
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I have been trying to find the rotational energy of Jupiter but I never found it. Does anyone know?
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I'm studying atmospheric circulation on Jupiter and came across something confusing. My textbook (Axilone-Astronomy Planetary Astronomy) states: The vortexes which appear in the cloud zones are all ...
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Wikipedia says 7541 February 17, 7541 June 18 Jupiter occults Saturn (the first time since prehistoric times, and the first of a double row in a year, the only occurrence of this for perhaps at least ...
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I am trying to get started in studying wind patterns and/or swirls created by winds on gas giants (especially on Jupiter and Saturn). On OPUS, they appear as a rectangular photo with a swirling/wavy ...
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Why do Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus spin faster than the Earth? They are much further out than the Earth from the Sun, and they are far more massive. Jupiter has >300 times the mass of Earth ...
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I am interested in an extended time series of photographs of Jupiter and its four major moons, available through creative commons, or equivalent. I would like to work through this study guide, that ...
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Would matter stolen from the center of a planet like Jupiter be very hard or would it be soft or brittle or extremely tough? Could you use it for anything?
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I'd like to add a great red spot transit feature to a personal Android app I'm writing and was looking to utilize the IMCEE Great Red Spot API located here: https://ssp.imcce.fr/webservices/vo-tools/...
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[Source: NASA/Webb] On the rightmost edge of Jupiter, there is a black layer between the planet and the very top of its atmosphere. Is this the day-night terminator effect, like when the clouds above ...
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There's a wide range of variation in the Galilean moons' exposure to radiation: Callisto receives only 0.01 rem (0.1 mSv) per day, which is about 10 times the amount of background radiation on Earth. ...
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The mainstream interpretation is that when Jupiter was being formed from a giant disk of gas and dust, the conservation of angular momentum dictated that it spun faster as it grew smaller. At the same ...
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How large they would appear to a viewer standing on Jupiter's top surface? Are they smaller than the Moon as viewed from Earth?
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