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Jupiter in 2018, Report no.5

This is a quick update from opposition (May 9) through Juno’s perijove 13 (PJ13; May 24) to the latest

New posts include the talks from a recent conference, recommendations for amateur imagers, and NASA bulletins about Juno’s mission.

Despite Jupiter’s southerly declination, northern observers can still get very useful images. Here are 4 sets of images in

Jupiter is at opposition tomorrow night (May 9 at 01h UT): the ideal time to observe it! Io is in

JunoCam at Perijove-12 (2018 April 1): What the images show John Rogers (2018 April 27) PJ-12 was likely to be

Whether Jupiter’s jet streams are shallow or deep has long been a major puzzle. In the March 8 edition of

Part I. Interim report on atmospheric phenomena. The most important phenomena are still: –Continuing development of the large-scale pattern in

Juno images published today show tight clusters of cyclones: a pentagon at the south pole and an octagon at the north pole.

These are animations of the cyclones in Jupiter’s polar polygons, created by Gerald Eichstädt from JunoCam images. Credit: NASA /

Jupiter’s polar polygons: Circumpolar clusters of cyclones John H. Rogers [1], Gerald Eichstädt [2], Candice J. Hansen [3], Glenn S.