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OPAL 2024 Jupiter Rotation

The Hubble Space Telescope images used in this animated science visualization present a full rotation of the giant planet Jupiter. This is not a real-time movie. Instead, Hubble snapshots of the colorful planet, taken January 5-6, 2024, have been photo-mapped onto a sphere, and the model is then rotated in animation. The planet's real rotation rate is nearly 10 hours, which is easily plotted by watching the Great Red Spot come and go with each completed rotation. Hubble monitors Jupiter and the other outer solar system planets every year under the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program (OPAL).

 

  • Release Date
    March 14, 2024
  • Science Release
    Hubble Tracks Jupiter’s Stormy Weather
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  • Credits
    NASA, ESA, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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A side-by-side image showing both faces of Jupiter on the black background of space. At the top, left corner of the left-hand image is the label Jupiter. Centered at the bottom is the label "January 5, 2024." Jupiter is banded in stripes of brownish orange, light gray, soft yellow, and shades of cream, punctuated with many large storms and small white clouds. The largest storm, the Great Red Spot, is the most prominent feature in the left bottom third of this view. To its lower right is a smaller reddish anticyclone, Red Spot Jr. On the right-hand image, centered at the bottom is the label "January 6, 2024." This opposite side of Jupiter is also banded in stripes of brownish orange, light gray, soft yellow, and shades of cream, with many large storms and small white clouds punctuating the planet. At upper right of center, a pair of storms appear next to each other: a deep-red, triangle-shaped cyclone and a reddish anticyclone. Toward the far-left edge of this view is Jupiter's tiny orange-colored moon Io.

Jupiter

The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in these latest images, taken on January 5-6, 2024, capturing both sides of the planet. Hubble monitors Jupiter and the other outer solar system planets every year under the Outer...

This 12-panel series of Hubble Space Telescope images, taken January 5-6, 2024, presents snapshots of a full rotation of the giant planet Jupiter.

Jupiter OPAL 2024

This 12-panel series of Hubble Space Telescope images, taken January 5-6, 2024, presents snapshots of a full rotation of the giant planet Jupiter. The Great Red Spot can be used to measure the planet's real rotation rate of nearly 10 hours. The innermost Galilean satellite, Io...

A side-by-side image titled "Jupiter HST/WFC3/UVIS" shows opposite faces of Jupiter banded in brownish orange, light gray, soft yellow, and shades of cream stripes, on the black background of space. Below the title is a color key with filters and colors used to create the images: "F395N" blue; "F502N" green, and "F631N" red. At bottom center is the label "January 5, 2024." At left is scale bar “34,000 mi over 55,000 km." Many large storms and white clouds punctuate the planet—The Great Red Spot is in the left bottom third of this view. On the right-hand image, centered at the bottom is the label "January 6, 2024." To the bottom right are compass arrows indicating the orientation on the sky. The north arrow points towards 11 o'clock; the east arrow points toward 8 o'clock. On this side of the planet, at upper right center, a pair of storms appear next to each other: a deep-red, triangle-shaped cyclone and a reddish anticyclone. Toward the far-left edge of the image is Jupiter's tiny orange-colored moon Io.

Jupiter Compass Image

A side-by-side image titled "Jupiter HST/WFC3/UVIS," shows opposite faces of Jupiter on the black background of space. Below the title is a color key with the filters and colors used to create the images – "F395N" blue; "F502N" green, and "F631N" red. Centered at the bottom is...

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Last Updated
Mar 10, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

Science Credit

NASA, ESA, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC)

Animation Credit

Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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