Hubble image archive
Compass and Scale Image for Jupiter's Great Red Spot and Ganymede's Shadow
CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2014
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2014-31-3389-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Jupiter |
| Object Description | Planet |
| Distance | The semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the Sun is 5.2 astronomical units (483 million miles or 778 million km). |
| Dimensions | Jupiter has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : PI: A. Simon (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), G. Orton (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J. Rogers (University of Cambridge, UK), and M. Wong and I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley). |
| Instrument | HST>WFPC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | April 21, 2014 |
| Filters | 395nm, 502nm, and 631nm |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | Blue: 395nm Green: 502nm Red: 631nm |
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