Not exact matches
But the distribution of
colors reaching
planets orbiting other suns could be different.
A star tugged by an
orbiting planet will wobble slightly, which can be detected as a regular shift in the star's
color corresponding to the time the
planet requires to complete an
orbit.
Because of Juno's swooping polar
orbit that takes it breathtakingly close to the
planet, most of JunoCam's images of these features are distorted into an hourglass shape due to foreshortened horizons; the
colors are pale, the outlines of clouds hazy.
This dance of
color allows astronomers to track down otherwise unseen
planets, which yank their parent stars back and forth as they
orbit.
Slight shifts in the
color of light coming from a distant star can clue astronomers in to an
orbiting planet via the Doppler equation, which links changes in the wavelength (λ) of light to the motion (v) of the thing emitting it.
This camera, called Junocam, is designed to take hundreds of
color images of the giant
planet, some at resolutions never before seen, as the spacecraft
orbits Jupiter, coming within 5000 km of the gas giant's cloudtops (see Figure 1a and b).
Depending on star type, a
planet with Earth's atmosphere in a habitable zone
orbit would have a different
colored sky and apparent size of their «Sun» (more).
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars
Color Imager (MARCI), shown here with a gloved hand for scale, is currently
orbiting Mars and taking pictures used to monitor the weather by observing the entire
planet every day at 5 visible and 2 ultraviolet wavelengths.
Junocam is designed to take hundreds of
color images of the giant
planet, some at resolutions never before seen, as the spacecraft
orbits Jupiter, coming within 5000 km of the gas giant's cloudtops.
The
planet orbits every 2.6 days around its star, which is cooler than our sun and thus appears more yellow - orange in
color.
Auroras on Earth are spectacular to behold, streaking and illuminating the skies with brilliant ethereal
colors that are visible near the magnetic poles both to people on the ground, and also to astronauts
orbiting 250 miles (400 km) above the
planet aboard the International Space Station.
Just tap on the
colored planets and drag your finger to draw the
orbits they will follow.
Color orbits an artist's universe; color theory (RGB = YMC) is photography's pl
Color orbits an artist's universe;
color theory (RGB = YMC) is photography's pl
color theory (RGB = YMC) is photography's
planet.