成为木星漩涡猎人！

A new NASA citizen science project, Jovian Vortex Hunter, seeks your help spotting vortices – spiral wind patterns – and other phenomena in photos of the planet Jupiter.

Another NASA citizen science project, called Junocam, seeks help from members of the public processing images from NASA’s Juno Mission and choosing targets for the spacecraft. However, the new Jovian Vortex Hunter project provides images that have already been processed by the science team, making it quick and easy for anyone to lend a hand. Categorizing the images will help scientists understand the fluid dynamics and cloud chemistry on Jupiter, which create dazzling features like bands, spots and “brown barges.”

In this image from 2019, citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image using data from the spacecraft’s JunoCam imager. This stunningly detailed look at a cyclonic storm in Jupiter’s atmosphere was taken during its 23rd close flyby of the planet (also referred to as “perijove 23”). Juno observed this vortex in a region of Jupiter called the “north north north north temperate belt,” or NNNNTB, one of the gas giant planet’s many persistent cloud bands. These bands are formed by the prevailing winds at different latitudes. The vortex seen here is roughly 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

一个新的美国宇航局公民科学项目，木星漩涡猎人，寻求您的帮助，在木星的照片中发现漩涡-螺旋风模式-和其他现象。

另一个名为Junocam的美国宇航局公民科学项目寻求公众的帮助，处理来自NASA朱诺任务的图像，并为航天器选择目标。然而，新的木星漩涡猎人项目提供了科学团队已经处理过的图像，任何人都可以快速轻松地提供帮助。对这些图像进行分类将有助于科学家了解木星上的流体动力学和云化学，它们会产生令人眼花缭乱的特征，如条纹、斑点和“棕色驳船”。

在这张2019年的照片中，公民科学家凯文·M·吉尔使用航天器JunoCam成像仪的数据创建了这张照片。这张对木星大气层气旋风暴令人震惊的详细观察照片拍摄于木星第23次近距离飞越木星时（也称为“perijove 23”）。朱诺在木星的一个称为“北北北北温带”或NNNNTB的区域观察到了这一涡旋，NNNNTB是这颗气态巨行星的许多持久云带之一。这些云带是由不同纬度的盛行风形成的。这里看到的漩涡大约有1200英里（2000公里）宽。

影像来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill