Yes, that’s Uranus. A huge ice sphere Agate dinosaur egg than the planet in this new image from the Webb Space Telescope.
Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, still has many secrets left.we know It’s a huge ice cube, made up mostly (more than 80%) of ice water, ammonia, and methane surrounding a rocky core, and the sky is thought to be rich in hydrogen sulfide. There is also a ring system that is much less familiar than the circle around Saturn.
The rings of Uranus have been photographed before, but Hubble in November 2014 and November 2022 and Written by April Webb, new gorgeous images add more details. First, this web image was taken by the observatory’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and captures the planet’s faint zeta ring, the closest ring to the planet.
The close-up above shows nine of the planet’s moons. Clockwise from 2 o’clock: Rosalind, Puck, Belinda, Desdemona, Cressida, Bianca, Portia, Juliet, and Perdita. Uranus’ moons are sometimes called “literary satellites.” NASA’s website says:because it is named after characters in the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
According to the ESA, Uranus has 27 known moons, 14 of which are shown in the image below: Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Juliet, Perdita, Rosalind, Puck, Belinda, Desdemona, Cressida, and Ariel. , Miranda, Bianca, Portia release.
Uranus’ deep blue crescent moon is caused by the large polar cap that dominates the right side of the planet from Webb’s perspective. Uranus is extremely tilted relative to the solar system’s orbit, so Uranus’ north pole points toward the sun.polar cap is facing the earth Direct observations in 2028 gave Webb and Hubble scientists the opportunity to better image its unique structure.
Uranus is much more than a joke. It’s a place of intrigue for planetary scientists. During Octoberanalysis of data from the Keck II telescope revealed a reddish color fringing the planet, an aurora caused by the ion H3+ glowing in infrared light in Uranus’ sky.
Last year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine the name Uranus It ranks as one of science’s top priorities for the next decade. Specifically, the Academy’s report says the highest priority flagship mission through 2032 should be the exploration of Uranus. Yes, the joke has written itself, but that doesn’t make the study of this planet any less important.
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