21

Astronomers learn Jupiter is smaller and flatter than long assumed, based on 26 new measurements; the gaseous planet is roughly 5 miles less wide at the equator and 15 miles flatter at the poles (phys.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Jupiter needs to lose some f****** weight.

this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026

21 points (95.7% liked)

Astronomy

6539 readers

129 users here now

A community for sharing astronmy-related news, content, research, photographs, etc.

When sharing photographs and articles, please make an effort to include source URLs.

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS