According to a team of experts at NASA, Jupiter is changing its stripes, a process which can be due to the change of seasons on this giant planet.
These dramatic changes are being captured by the aging Hubble Space Telescope. The changes are due to the change in the color of the planet’s cloud bands which are turning brown from white. Scientists at the space center have also stated that this is not the first time that the planet is changing its rings.
According to these researchers Jupiter does not stay in the same color all the time and they are lucky to witness the belts and the bands change color at the same time.
Since Jupiter’s year is twelve times that as on Earth the climatic changes are also slow. The difference in the heat of the Sun as received by the planet is the main cause of this change on the surface of Jupiter and along its rings.
Since planets orbit in an elliptical orbit their distance from the sun keeps on changing which further changes the amount of heat and light received by the planets.
Via: CNN
