Beautiful sea of ​​Jupiter clouds smells hard to smell

The beautiful multicolored surface of Jupiter is made up of cloudy streams . ammonia gas and powerful air currents similar to the "ray" phenomenon on Earth.

NASA's Juno spacecraft has just gathered a lot of interesting data on the closest approach to Jupiter's beautiful multicolored sea.

Jupiter - (photo: NASA).

Scientists have discovered powerful air currents traveling on the planet from west to east. It is similar to the earth's jet streams , which are extremely fast winds around the planet, like ocean currents, but other times it "flows" through the air.

Our Earth has 5 rays, including 2 cold ray currents in 2 polar regions and 3 hot rays in the equatorial area - near the equator. Beam currents have wind speeds of up to 100-400km / hour and a few hundred kilometers wide, greatly affecting the weather and climate.

Jupiter under a different angle and light - (photo: NASA)

The rays on Jupiter move more easily than the earth because Jupiter's undersea clouds have no continents, meaning that the air currents are not affected by complicated mountains or terrain.

Illustrations of rays on Earth - (photo: Internet).

According to the Juno spacecraft, these powerful air currents are up to 3,000 km deep beneath Jupiter's cloudy sea surface. They cause disturbances from within, combined with the light that creates the streams of ammonia-NH3 clouds , the famous gas with a stinking smell - creating beautiful lines, often white, red, orange, brown and gold.

Underneath the sea of ​​clouds is mainly ammonia, Jupiter is a gas-rich planet with mostly hydrogen and helium components.

NASA Juno spacecraft - (photo: NASA).

Dr. Navid Constantinou, an earth scientist at the Australian National University, said the discovery of these powerful air currents solved the mystery of the magnificent fantasy of the "giant". long time people can observe.

Dr. Jefferey Parker, co-author from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA), identified humans as being able to apply the knowledge of this giant planet to further study the atmosphere and streams. Air movement on the planets. These can provide many useful data for studying Earth's atmosphere.

The research has just been published in the scientific journal The Astrophysical Journal.