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These two animations show simplified models of how material could be arranged on the inside of the planet Jupiter.
The first part visualizes the motion of the planet's east-west flowing cloud bands as being firmly rooted to the deep interior. The second part visualizes four discrete layers of planet's interior: a weather layer (where clouds are present), a well-mixed gaseous hydrogen/helium envelope, a deep ocean of liquid metallic hydrogen, and a possible solid core of heavy elements. Juno's investigation of Jupiter's deep interior from orbit will help improve our understanding of what the interior actually is like.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Find out more at http://missionjuno.swri.edu and http://www.nasa.gov/juno.
These two animations show simplified models of how material could be arranged on the inside of the planet Jupiter.
The first part visualizes the motion of the planet's east-west flowing cloud bands as being firmly rooted to the deep interior. The second part visualizes four discrete layers of planet's interior: a weather layer (where clouds are present), a well-mixed gaseous hydrogen/helium envelope, a deep ocean of liquid metallic hydrogen, and a possible solid core of heavy elements. Juno's investigation of Jupiter's deep interior from orbit will help improve our understanding of what the interior actually is like.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
