Akungabazeki ukuthi elinye lamaplanethi ngokomlando, nganoma yisiphi isizathu, elisithathe kakhulu I-Jupiter. Njengoba uzokhumbula nakanjani futhi ukuze wazi kangcono ukuthi namuhla iyiphi iplanethi enkulu kunazo zonke kuhlelo lwelanga lonke ngo-2011 NASA yethule uphenyo emkhathini Juno, engafinyelelanga emhlabeni kwaze kwaba ngu-2016.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emihlanu yokuwela nokuhamba ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha ayizigidi ezingama-3.000 ekugcineni iphenyo laqala ukwenza wonke lowo msebenzi owawenzelwe wona. I-adventure lapho, ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka, sikwazile ukuqonda ngokujule kakhudlwana konke iplanethi efana neJupiter engakufihla ukuze kutholakale umsuka wayo futhi ikakhulukazi ukuziphendukela kwemvelo ebesiphila kukho izinkulungwane eziningi zeminyaka.
Ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwemibili yokuqoqwa kwedatha, uJuno usinikeza umbono onengqondo ngeJupiter
Uma singena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa mayelana nomsebenzi owawuphathiswe uJuno, kufanele sikugcizelele ukuthi, ekuqaleni umzila we-polar weplanethi, yona yona icwiliswa emabhantini emisebe ayingozi amaningana akhishwa yiplanethi. Yize kunjalo, kumele kwaziwe ukuthi umkhumbi ukwazile ukufeza izigaba ezahlukahlukene ezibeke ulwazi lwethu ngeJupiter.
Phakathi kokutholwe nguJuno nokuthi namuhla kusesidlangalaleni, kufanele kuqashelwe, ngokwesibonelo, ukuthi uphenyo lube nomthwalo wokuveza ubukhona amandla amakhulu kazibuthe, kukhulu kakhulu kunalokho ebesikucabanga, noma sikwenze kwaba nokwenzeka fly phezu kweGreat Red Spot kweplanethi. Ngemuva kwaso sonke lesi sikhathi, i-NASA isanda kwethula uphenyo olusha oluletha imininingwane engakaze ishicilelwe ngeplanethi engaziwa namanje.
Ngenxa kaJuno ubukhulu beJupiter buqinisekisiwe
Okunye kokungaziwa okwakhathaza bonke ososayensi kwakungukubona ngokoqobo ukuthi ngabe Ingaphakathi leplanethi lalinamandla njengengxenye yalo yangaphandle. Njengoba uqinisekile ukuthi uyazi, esinye sezici zeplanethi enkulu kunazo zonke kuhlelo lwelanga ukuthi indawo yayo yakhiwe ngochungechunge lwamaqembu amagesi ashintsha umbala okhanyayo nomnyama ohamba ngezindlela eziphambene ngejubane elingadlula i-100 amamitha ngomzuzwana.
Umbuzo kulesi senzakalo ukwazi ukuthi yini engezansi kwala maqembu wegesi, okungukuthi, kwenzekani ngaphakathi kweplanethi. Ngemuva kwezinyanga eziningi zocwaningo oluphelele lapho ochwepheshe begxile ekuhlaziyeni amandla adonsela phansi, ukushintsha komkhathi, ukwakheka kwangaphakathi kanye neziphepho ezibandayo, kubukeka sengathi sekuphothuliwe ukuthi IJupiter yibhola elikhulu elijikelezayo elinoshintsho lwalo kumandla alo adonsela phansi ngenxa yokuthi ukuminyana kwangaphakathi kweplanethi kuyahluka. Lesi sici singabangelwa ukuhlangana kokugeleza komkhathi okudlula ebusweni baso futhi nakho okuguqukayo phakathi kwezifunda ezahlukahlukene.
Ngaphansi kwalowo ongaphandle wegesi kukhona ingaphakathi eliwuketshezi eJupiter
Komunye umsebenzi, abacwaningi beNASA bebelokhu besebenza ukuthola ukuthi kujule kangakanani lokhu kugeleza komoya. Ngokuya ngemiphumela eveziwe, kubonakala ngathi sikhuluma nge-a ukujula kwamakhilomitha angama-3.000, lapho kuhlala khona cishe u-1% wabo bonke ubunzima beplanethi. Ukujula kwalokhu kuhamba kugeleza, ubukhulu obuningi abulethayo kanye nomthelela omkhulu abanawo emkhakheni wamandla adonsela phansi weplanethi. Lokhu kutholakala kwakubhekele ukuthi abacwaningi bakwazi ukucacisa ukujula kwemisinga yomoya kanye nobukhulu nokuma kwamabhande okulethwa yiplanethi.
Ekugcineni, umsebenzi wokugcina obonwe ngukukhanya usitshela ngezivunguvungu ezibandayo, okwathi ngaleso sikhathi zaheha ukunaka kososayensi ngenxa yamaphethini woxhaxha abaluvezayo. Ngemuva kocwaningo olwenziwe, labo ababhekele ukuthuthukiswa kwalo bagcizelela ukuthi, ngemuva kwesembozo sefu, kuneplanethi ewuketshezi eyakhiwe ngengaphandle legesi eliqukethe i-hydrogen ne-helium ene ingaphakathi lamanzi ngokushisa okuphezulu kakhulu nengcindezi.