Jupiter Marble from Juno | A bola de gude de Jupiter vista pela Juno

Como é o visual de Jupiter visto de perto? A maioria das imagens de Jupiter é obtida a grande distancia, tanto a partir da Terra quando de uma distancia suficientemente grande para que aproximadamente metade do planeta seja visivel. 

Esta foto, entretanto, foi composta por imagens obtidas relativamente de perto, na qual menos da metade do planeta era visivel. Daqui, Jupiter ainda parece esferico, mas a distorção pela perspectiva agora faz com que ele se pareça com uma bola de gude. 

Visivel nos topos das nuvens de Jupiter há um destacado cinturão horizontal escuro contendo uma nuvem oval branca, e uma zona de nuvens brancas, ambas circundando o planeta. 

A Grande Mancha Vermelha looms on the upper right. The featured image was taken by the robotic Juno spacecraft in February during its 17th close pass of our Solar System's largest planet. Juno's mission, now extended into 2021, is to study Jupiter in new ways. 

Os dados obtidos pela Juno já permitiram descobertas que incluem o campo magnetico de Jupiter ser surpreendentemente rugoso, e o fato de que alguns dos sistemas de nuvens de Jupiter se estendem por cerca de 3.000 quilometros planeta adentro.

Tradução de L M Leitão da Cunha

What does Jupiter look like up close? Most images of Jupiter are taken from far away, either from Earth or from a great enough distance that nearly half the planet is visible. 

This shot, though, was composed from images taken relatively close in, where less than half of the planet was visible. From here, Jupiter still appears spherical but perspective distortion now makes it look more like a marble. 

Visible on Jupiter's cloud tops are a prominent dark horizontal belt containing a white oval cloud, and a white zone cloud, both of which circle the planet. 

The Great Red Spot looms on the upper right. The featured image was taken by the robotic Juno spacecraft in February during its 17th close pass of our Solar System's largest planet. Juno's mission, now extended into 2021, is to study Jupiter in new ways. 

Juno's data has already enabled discoveries that include Jupiter's magnetic field being surprisingly lumpy, and that some of Jupiter's cloud systems run about 3,000 kilometers into the planet.