Jupiter Marble Wall Art SPACE “circumbinary” planet Tatooine

“circumbinary” planet Tatooine

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory

Jupiter Marble Wall Art SPACE “circumbinary” planet TatooineThis striking view of Jupiters Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASAs Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet. Juno took the three images used to produce this color enhanced view on Feb. 12, 2019, between 9: 59 a. m. PST (12: 59 p. m. EST) and 10: 39 a. m. PST (1: 39 p. m. EST), as the spacecraft performed its 17th science pass of Jupiter. At the time the images were taken, the spacecraft