by APOD Robot » Sun Jun 25, 2023 4:06 am
Lightning on Jupiter
Explanation: Does lightning occur only on Earth? No. Spacecraft in our Solar System have detected lightning on other planets, including
Mars,
Jupiter and
Saturn, and lightning is likely on
Venus,
Uranus, and Neptune. Lightning is a
sudden rush of electrically charged particles from one location to another.
On Earth, drafts of colliding ice and water droplets usually create lightning-generating charge separation, but
what happens on Jupiter? Images and data from NASA's
Jupiter-orbiting Juno
spacecraft bolster previous speculation that
Jovian lightning is also created in clouds containing water and ice. In the
featured Juno photograph, an optical flash was captured in a large cloud vortex near
Jupiter's north pole. During the next few months, Juno will perform several close sweeps over Jupiter's night side, likely allowing the robotic probe to capture more data and images of
Jovian lightning.
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