Washington : There is good news for people interested in space. On Monday, Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, will be closest to Earth in 59 years. Although during this time also its distance will be 5793 million km from us, but scientists say that since October 1963, the people of the earth will get to see this wonderful sight for the first time. Andrew McCarthy, an astrophysicist, prepares to photograph this giant gaseous planet. He has already taken some beautiful pictures of Jupiter in which it looks like a glass sphere floating in space.
According to the news of DailyMail, he has taken these pictures from his garden. Jupiter’s red spots and clouds can be clearly seen in McCarthy’s photographs. McCarthy’s followers on Instagram know her as Cosmic-Background. People termed his Jupiter photos as ‘the best shot’. Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system in order from the Sun. This planet is made up of only gases, mostly hydrodon and helium.
NASA’s Juno gets closer to Jupiter
NASA’s Juno Jupiter Explorer photographed Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere that was processed for better human-eye experience in early September. Juno took this photo on July 5. On this day, Juno went close to Jupiter for the 43rd time. This photo was taken via JunoCam. During this time the Juno spacecraft was 5,300 km above the top of the gas cloud. At the same time, when it took the photo, its speed was 209,000 km per hour.
The real beauty of Jupiter was seen in the new process photo of Juno spacecraft, storms of gas clouds appeared
A day on Jupiter is only 9 hours 56 minutes
Juno is orbiting Jupiter in an elliptical manner. He completes one round every 43rd day. According to NASA, the Great Red Spot seen on the planet is a powerful storm hundreds of years old whose size is bigger than Earth. Jupiter completes one revolution of the Sun in a time equal to 12 Earth years. One day on this planet is equal to nine hours 56 minutes. Jupiter has 53 moons that revolve around it.