New Jupiter Image: Sharpest View Ever From Earth »
Posted By Jordan 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & TechnologyJupiter looks sharp in the crispest whole-planet picture of the planet ever shot from Earth.
Captured using a new computer-assisted process and a 27-foot (8.2-meter) telescope in Chile, the result is sharp enough to show features as small as 180 miles (300 kilometers) across.
The extraordinary focus was achieved via a new form of adaptive optics, said project leader Franck Marchis, an astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley, and the SETI Institute.
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