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Gregorio RCM

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Astrophysicist at Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur in Nice. Planetologist enthusiast — PhD student working on the formation of the saturnian system 🪐🔭

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It feels unreal that we have pictures of a world so far away !

15.01.2025 05:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Been able yesterday to recover a mathematical expression that is close to what I found numerically and I felt so happy. So is it what you feel when you are a baby PhD student ?

14.01.2025 07:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cette image est sans doute l’une des plus extraordinaire jamais prise. Elle révèle l’étendue incroyable des anneaux qui s’étendent jusqu’à 240 000 kilomètre e la planète. Par endroits, ils ne sont épais que de quelques mètres. Mais c'est pas fini! On continue?
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06.12.2024 09:33 — 👍 1179    🔁 269    💬 24    📌 14
Jupiter looks sharp in these two rooftop telescope images. Both were captured last year on November 17 from Singapore, planet Earth, about two weeks after Jupiter's 2023 opposition. Climbing high in midnight skies the giant planet was a mere 33.4 light-minutes from Singapore. That's about 4 astronomical units away. Jupiter's planet girdling dark belts and light zones are visible in remarkable detail, along with the giant world's whitish oval vortices. Its signature Great Red Spot is prominent in the south. Jupiter rotates rapidly on its axis once every 10 hours. So, based on video frames taken only 15 minutes apart, these images form a stereo pair. Look at the center of the pair and cross your eyes until the separate images come together to see the 3D effect. Of course Jupiter is now not far from its 2024 opposition. Planet Earth is set to pass between the Solar System's ruling gas giant and the Sun on December 7.

Jupiter looks sharp in these two rooftop telescope images. Both were captured last year on November 17 from Singapore, planet Earth, about two weeks after Jupiter's 2023 opposition. Climbing high in midnight skies the giant planet was a mere 33.4 light-minutes from Singapore. That's about 4 astronomical units away. Jupiter's planet girdling dark belts and light zones are visible in remarkable detail, along with the giant world's whitish oval vortices. Its signature Great Red Spot is prominent in the south. Jupiter rotates rapidly on its axis once every 10 hours. So, based on video frames taken only 15 minutes apart, these images form a stereo pair. Look at the center of the pair and cross your eyes until the separate images come together to see the 3D effect. Of course Jupiter is now not far from its 2024 opposition. Planet Earth is set to pass between the Solar System's ruling gas giant and the Sun on December 7.

🔭 Stereo Jupiter near Opposition

Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24120...

05.12.2024 08:00 — 👍 125    🔁 29    💬 2    📌 6

The baby Pluto is so cute ! I want one too !

06.12.2024 06:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

J’aime l’idée !

03.12.2024 18:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Probably the worst thing to happen to astrophysicists 🥲

03.12.2024 16:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

First tweet : gonna try to tell a bit what I’m doing when I find the time on my PhD topic 🪐

03.12.2024 16:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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