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NASA Juno finds Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are ­nearthly


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Jupiter north pole

This composite image, derived from data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, shows the central cyclone at the planet's north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

Data collected by NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar atmospheric processes found here on Earth.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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