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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2024 April 21   
      
                           Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter   
         Video Credit & License: NASA, Juno, SwRI, MSSS, Gerald Eichstadt;   
         Music: The Planets, IV. Jupiter (Gustav Holst); USAF Heritage of   
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      Explanation: Watch Juno zoom past Jupiter. NASA's robotic spacecraft   
      Juno is continuing on its now month-long, highly-elongated orbits   
      around our Solar System's largest planet. The featured video is from   
      perijove 16, the sixteenth time that Juno passed near Jupiter since it   
      arrived in mid-2016. Each perijove passes near a slightly different   
      part of Jupiter's cloud tops. This color-enhanced video has been   
      digitally composed from 21 JunoCam still images, resulting in a   
      125-fold time-lapse. The video begins with Jupiter rising as Juno   
      approaches from the north. As Juno reaches its closest view -- from   
      about 3,500 kilometers over Jupiter's cloud tops -- the spacecraft   
      captures the great planet in tremendous detail. Juno passes light zones   
      and dark belts of clouds that circle the planet, as well as numerous   
      swirling circular storms, many of which are larger than hurricanes on   
      Earth. As Juno moves away, the remarkable dolphin-shaped cloud is   
      visible. After the perijove, Jupiter recedes into the distance, now   
      displaying the unusual clouds that appear over Jupiter's south. To get   
      desired science data, Juno swoops so close to Jupiter that its   
      instruments are exposed to very high levels of radiation.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: volcano emits rings   
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