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Cloud photos suggest that Jupiter is wet. (California Institute of Technology researchers reveal thundercloud photos and contend that Galileo probe landed in a cloudless area of Jupiter in Dec 1995)(Brief Article)

From: USA Today (Magazine)  |  Date: 6/1/1997

The Galileo probe that dropped into Jupiter's atmosphere in December, 1995, detected a smaller amount of water than scientists expected. However, researchers at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, have new thundercloud photographs and a theory to suggest that the solar system's largest planet may be "wet" after all.

According to Andrew Ingersoll, professor of planetary science, the probe didn't find much water because it dropped into a cloud-free area of the Jovian ...

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