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Description
English: PIA23465: Circumlocuting Jupiter's Shadow (Animation)

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23465

This animated gif depicts the point of view of NASA's Juno spacecraft during its eclipse-free approach to the gas giant Nov. 3, 2019 [sic?]. The Sun is depicted as the yellow dot rising up just to left of the planet. Located at the north and south poles, the gas giant's auroras are shown in purple. Jupiter's tenuous rings are shown gray.

More information about Juno is at https://www.nasa.gov/juno and https://missionjuno.swri.edu .
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Source https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA23465.jpg
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA . NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted ". (See Template:PD-USGov , NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy .)
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Planet Jupiter - Auroras - Animated; October 1, 2019

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1 October 2019

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