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                                  2024 January 19   
      
                        Jupiter over 2 Hours and 30 Minutes   
                      Image Credit & License: Aur+¬lien Genin   
      
      Explanation: Jupiter, our Solar System's ruling gas giant, is also the   
      fastest spinning planet, rotating once in less than 10 hours. The gas   
      giant doesn't rotate like a solid body though. A day on Jupiter is   
      about 9 hours and 56 minutes long at the poles, decreasing to 9 hours   
      and 50 minutes near the equator. The giant planet's fast rotation   
      creates strong jet streams, separating its clouds into planet girdling   
      bands of dark belts and bright zones. You can easily follow Jupiter's   
      rapid rotation in this sharp sequence of images from the night of   
      January 15, all taken with a camera and small telescope outside of   
      Paris, France. Located just south of the equator, the giant planet's   
      giant storm system, also known as the Great Red Spot, can be seen   
      moving left to right with the planet's rotation. From lower left to   
      upper right, the sequence spans about 2 hours and 30 minutes.   
      
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