Of particular interest is the north polar cap of Uranus, which faces Earth and the Sun directly.
The Webb Telescope took pictures of the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus, for the second time this year. They show the rings of the ice giant in more detail and show many of its 27 satellites, writes Space.
The new image shows not only Uranus’ rings in greater detail, but also many of the planet’s 27 moons. A large image of Uranus shows some of the planet’s smaller, fainter moons, including those embedded in its ring system. The large image shows five large ice giant moons. These are Ariel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania and Umbriel,” the message said.
According to scientists, in addition to the ring system, special attention is drawn to the northern polar cap of Uranus, which directly faces the Earth and the Sun. In the center of the polar cap there is a bright area surrounded by a dark ring. Astronomers have seen this cap before, but this is the first time it has been seen in such fine detail.
“If on Earth and Mars the polar caps are on the surface and consist of solid ice, then due to the fact that Uranus is a gas planet, its polar caps are accumulations of aerosols that are in the upper layers of the planet’s atmosphere. for the bright spot on the polar cap, it is the center of a strong cyclonic vortex. Such vortices are believed to be partially caused by seasonal changes on Uranus,” the astronomers added.
Let’s recall that Hubble previously photographed the spiral galaxy IC 1776, located at a distance of more than 150 million light years from Earth.
Source: korrespondent
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