James Webb Telescope Cloud Portrait on Saturn Satellite, what does it look like?

COMPAS. com – The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the WWMeck Observatory in Hawaii managed to get a snapshot that reveals the clouds floating in the sky Titan, satellite The largest of Saturn.

These images will help researchers understand weather patterns on Titan, the only world other than Earth known to have a liquid ocean on its surface.

To collect New scientist, Friday (2/12/2022) The image was taken by a telescope on Nov. 4 (left). Also visible is the Kraken Mare, Titan’s largest known ocean flanked by two white clouds.

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Since it is summer in Titan’s northern hemisphere, clouds form more easily due to increased sunlight at the surface. And the results of these observations finally confirmed the existence of these seasonal clouds.

In an effort to find out whether the cloud was moving or warping, the JWST team contacted researchers at the Keck Observatory and asked them to make further observations.

The Observatory then took the photos on November 6 (right).

“We were concerned that the clouds would disappear when we viewed Titan two days later with the Keck Observatory, but to our delight the clouds were in the same position and appeared to have changed shape,” said Imke de Pater of the University of California. , Berkley.

Digging deeper into the data will help researchers understand the circulation of air on Titan, which is also the only satellite in the Solar System with a thick atmosphere.

Further observations by JWST in mid-2023 will include information about the composition of Titan’s atmosphere and surface.

It could also help scientists understand why the satellite’s south pole is so bright in these images.