PIA01509: Jupiter Full Disk with Great Red Spot

Target Name: Jupiter Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Voyager Spacecraft: Voyager 1 Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Product Size: 400 samples x 400 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P20926 Addition Date: 1999-03-13 Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA01509.tif (274.6 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA01509.jpg (11.19 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This recent photo of Jupiter taken by the television cameras aboard NASA's Voyager 1 is dominated by the Great Red Spot. Although the spacecraft is still 34 million miles (54 million kilometers) from a March 5 closest approach, Voyager's cameras already reveal details within the spot that aren't visible from Earth. An atmospheric system larger than Earth and more than 300 years old, the Great Red Spot remains a mystery and a challenge to Voyager's instruments. Swirling, storm-like features possibly associated with wind shear can be seen both to the left and above the Red Spot. Analysis of motions of the features will lead to a better understanding of weather in Jupiter's atmosphere. This photo was taken Jan. 9, 1979 and reassembled at Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Image Processing Laboratory. JPL manages the Voyager project for NASA. Image Credit: NASA/JPL