Artistic views of the ultraviolet polar aurorae on Jupiter and the Earth (IMAGE)

University of Liège

Artistic views of the ultraviolet polar aurorae on Jupiter and the Earth

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Even if Jupiter's diameter is ten times larger than the Earth's, this illustration shows the similarities between the two kinds of aurora.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/UVS/STScI/MODIS/WIC/IMAGE/ULiège/Bonfond

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