File:Jupiter.Aurora.HST.UV.jpg

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This is a spectacular NASA Hubble Space Telescope close-up view of an electric-blue aurora that is eerily glowing one half billion miles away on the giant planet Jupiter. Auroras are curtains of light resulting from high-energy electrons racing along the planet's magnetic field into the upper atmosphere. The electrons excite atmospheric gases, causing them to glow. The image shows the main oval of the aurora, which is centered on the magnetic north pole, plus more diffuse emissions inside the polar cap. Though the aurora resembles the same phenomenon that crowns Earth's polar regions, the Hubble image shows unique emissions from the magnetic "footprints" of three of Jupiter's largest moons. (These points are reached by following Jupiter's magnetic field from each satellite down to the planet). Auroral footprints can be seen in this image from Io (along the left hand limb), Ganymede (near the center), and Europa (just below and to the right of Ganymede's auroral footprint). These emissions, produced by electric currents generated by the satellites, flow along Jupiter's magnetic field, bouncing in and out of the upper atmosphere. They are unlike anything seen on Earth. This ultraviolet image of Jupiter was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on November 26, 1998. In this ultraviolet view, the aurora stands out clearly, but Jupiter's cloud structure is masked by haze. This image was taken in UV light at 140 nm.

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DescriptionJupiter.Aurora.HST.UV.jpg	This is a spectacular NASA Hubble Space Telescope close-up view of an electric-blue aurora that is eerily glowing one half billion miles away on the giant planet Jupiter. Auroras are curtains of light resulting from high-energy electrons racing along the planet's magnetic field into the upper atmosphere. The electrons excite atmospheric gases, causing them to glow. The image shows the main oval of the aurora, which is centered on the magnetic north pole, plus more diffuse emissions inside the polar cap. Though the aurora resembles the same phenomenon that crowns Earth's polar regions, the Hubble image shows unique emissions from the magnetic "footprints" of three of Jupiter's largest moons. (These points are reached by following Jupiter's magnetic field from each satellite down to the planet). Auroral footprints can be seen in this image from Io (along the left hand limb), Ganymede (near the center), and Europa (just below and to the right of Ganymede's auroral footprint). These emissions, produced by electric currents generated by the satellites, flow along Jupiter's magnetic field, bouncing in and out of the upper atmosphere. They are unlike anything seen on Earth. This ultraviolet image of Jupiter was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on November 26, 1998. In this ultraviolet view, the aurora stands out clearly, but Jupiter's cloud structure is masked by haze. This image was taken in UV light at 140 nm.
Date	Taken on 26 November 1998
Source	http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/38/image/a/; see also https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0009a/ and http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001219.html
Author	NASA, ESA & John T. Clarke (Univ. of Michigan)
Other versions	Derivative works of this file: Jupiter Aurora HST UV-fr.svg Jupiter.Aurora.HST.mod.ru.svg Jupiter.Aurora.HST.mod.svg Jupiter.Aurora.HST.mod.jpg

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current	01:14, 16 February 2017	2,842 × 1,617 (503 KB)	Geagea	from he.wiki --> https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Satellite_Footprints_Seen_in_Jupiter_Aurora.jpg
	12:21, 16 September 2008	752 × 417 (290 KB)	RupertMillard	Uploading higher quality version from: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/38/image/a/
	12:17, 16 September 2008	752 × 417 (290 KB)	RupertMillard	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	23:44, 1 January 2007	789 × 451 (179 KB)	Wdflake~commonswiki	Removed border and caption, as is the policy on enwiki
	09:41, 11 August 2005	800 × 514 (33 KB)	Kurgus	''NASA image of Jupiter aurora in UV, Hubble Space Telescope'' Bright streaks and dots are caused by magnetic flux tubes connecting Jupiter to its largest moons: * Io: bright streak on the far left * Ganymede: bright dot below center * Europa: dot right