Night-side of Jupiter with rings and aurorae, illustration. Normally, the rings of Jupiter are too faint to be seen, but here in the shadow of the pla

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Night-side of Jupiter with rings and aurorae, illustration. Normally, the rings of Jupiter are too faint to be seen, but here in the shadow of the planet, the rings and the aurorae (blue and purple, in polar regions) are visible. Jupiter, with a diameter of 142,984 kilometres, is the largest of the planets. Its rings were discovered by the space probe Voyager 1 in 1979. The aurorae have been observed by space telescopes and the Galileo and Juno spacecraft.

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Size: 3899px × 5200px
Photo credit: © TIM BROWN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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