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Long thought to be virtually dry, it turns out that Jupiter has significant water.
New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which launched in 2011 and is orbiting the planet right now, suggests that water makes up about 0.25% of the molecules in Jupiter’s atmosphere. That’s about three times more than thought to be at the Sun.
“Just when we think we have things figured out, Jupiter reminds us how much we still have to learn,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
https://www.space.com/juno-finds-jupiter-water-mystery.html
Scientists are saying that even though the water on Jupiter only makes up about .25% of all molecules in Jupiter's atmosphere, the volume of water present is a lot more water than there is on Earth.
With such a finding comes the reality that a gas giant, such as Jupiter, being found in a solar system would be the first criteria in determining if an Earth like planet would be present.
Long thought to be virtually dry, it turns out that Jupiter has significant water.
New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which launched in 2011 and is orbiting the planet right now, suggests that water makes up about 0.25% of the molecules in Jupiter’s atmosphere. That’s about three times more than thought to be at the Sun.
“Just when we think we have things figured out, Jupiter reminds us how much we still have to learn,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
https://www.space.com/juno-finds-jupiter-water-mystery.html
Scientists are saying that even though the water on Jupiter only makes up about .25% of all molecules in Jupiter's atmosphere, the volume of water present is a lot more water than there is on Earth.
With such a finding comes the reality that a gas giant, such as Jupiter, being found in a solar system would be the first criteria in determining if an Earth like planet would be present.
