The stunning infrared images show the moment when the solar wind heats up Jupiter's atmosphere and produces an amazing aurora, similar to the Northern Lights and northern lights of the Earth.
A new study says the solar wind can heat Jupiter's atmosphere more than twice the depth of the Earth.
The change in wind causes the Aurora to appear at the poles of Jupiter, resulting in a rapid reaction of atmospheric chemistry and temperature of the gas giant.
Researchers from Japan used heat to study this huge planet.
Based on the telescope analysis on the peak of monak on Hawaii Island.
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Like the Lights of Aurora and Australia.
Usually called Northern and Southern Lights
It is caused when high-energy particles blowing in the solar wind break through the Earth's magnetic shield.
Once it enters the upper atmosphere of the Earth, these incoming particles interact with the gas, heat and shine.
The same happens on Jupiter.
But new research shows that the atmosphere of the giant planet is heated to a greater depth, and high-energy particles penetrate into the lower layers of the upper atmosphere, so
Call stratosphere
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The researchers report that the depth of the atmosphere is three times as deep as its counterparts on Earth.
James Sinclair, author of the paper and physicist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said that the solar wind impact on Jupiter is an extreme example of space weather.
He added that we see the effect of solar wind going deeper than usual.
The team studied the giant planet using a satellite telescope at the monakua Observatory in Hawaii, which is operated by the National Observatory of Japan.
The thermal image of the Jupiter cothermal layer identifies the high and low temperature regions, using the special cooling of the telescope
Infrared camera and camera (
Or "comedy" for short ").
In January, February and 2017, the researchers took infrared images that clearly showed the hot spots of the Earth's isothermal layer during a particularly compressed solar wind, where Aurora was produced.
Experts report that within a day when the wind blows to Jupiter, Jupiter's atmospheric chemistry has changed and the temperature has risen.
Glenn Orton, author of the paper, said it was surprising that for the first time we were able to relate the changes in solar energy to the response in the stratosphere, a planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
He added that for such a large area, the response to these changes was so fast.
By understanding how the Sun's winds interact with different objects in the solar system, the researchers aim to learn more about how planets and their atmosphere evolve.
This heating and chemical reaction may tell us about other planets with bad environment.
Even the early Earth.
Planetary scientist kasyasumasa Kasaba, Northeastern University, Japan.
The findings of the study were published in the journal Natural astronomy.