File:Artist’s illustration of aurora and Ganymede.tif
Size of this JPG preview of this TIF file: 800 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 240 pixels | 640 × 480 pixels | 1,024 × 768 pixels | 1,280 × 960 pixels | 2,560 × 1,920 pixels | 4,000 × 3,000 pixels.
Original file (4,000 × 3,000 pixels, file size: 3.83 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary edit
DescriptionArtist’s illustration of aurora and Ganymede.tif |
English: This is an artist's illustration of the moon Ganymede as it orbits the giant planet Jupiter. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed aurorae on the moon that are controlled by Ganymede's magnetic fields. Two auroral ovals can be seen over northern and southern mid-latitudes. Hubble measured slight shifts in the auroral belts due to the influence of Jupiter's own immense magnetic field. This activity allows for a probe of the moon's interior. The presence of a saline ocean under the moon's icy crust would reduce the shifting of the ovals. Hubble measured just this, showing that such an ocean exists. As on Earth, Ganymede's aurorae are produced by energetic charged particles causing gases to fluoresce. |
Date | |
Source | https://esahubble.org/images/opo1509a/ |
Author | NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) |
Licensing edit
ESA/Hubble images, videos and web texts are released by the ESA under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license and may on a non-exclusive basis be reproduced without fee provided they are clearly and visibly credited. Detailed conditions are below; see the ESA copyright statement for full information. For images created by NASA or on the hubblesite.org website, or for ESA/Hubble images on the esahubble.org site before 2009, use the {{PD-Hubble}} tag.
Conditions:
Notes:
|
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: ESA/Hubble
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 21:50, 11 October 2023 | 4,000 × 3,000 (3.83 MB) | Юрий Д.К. (talk | contribs) | Uploaded a work by NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) from https://esahubble.org/images/opo1509a/ with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Image title | This is an artist's illustration of the moon Ganymede as it orbits the giant planet Jupiter. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed aurorae on the moon that are controlled by Ganymede's magnetic fields. Two auroral ovals can be seen over northern and southern mid-latitudes. Hubble measured slight shifts in the auroral belts due to the influence of Jupiter's own immense magnetic field. This activity allows for a probe of the moon's interior. The presence of a saline ocean under the moon's icy crust would reduce the shifting of the ovals. Hubble measured just this, showing that such an ocean exists. As on Earth, Ganymede's aurorae are produced by energetic charged particles causing gases to fluoresce. Links: NASA press release Hubble observation of aurorae on Ganymede Ganymede's magnetic field Plot of the rocking of Ganymede's magnetic field Cutaway of the Moon Ganymede |
---|---|
Width | 4,000 px |
Height | 3,000 px |
Bits per component |
|
Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Number of rows per strip | 21 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh) |
File change date and time | 15:57, 6 March 2015 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |