The Jovoscope

Planets, like the Earth, could potentially serve as giant telescopes as explored in our last video (). This happens because the atmosphere refracts light and so bends it into a focus, like a huge spherical lens. Parabolic dishes on Earth can be sued as both telescopes and antennae, and so in the same way could planets be used as antennae? Today we explore the possibility of using the Jupiter as a giant antennae, perhaps serving as the basis for an interplanetary internet, and how Juno could very well test the idea today.

Written and Presented by Professor David Kipping

This video is based on research conducted at the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University, New York. You can now support our research program directly here

► The original Terrascope paper is Kipping, David (2019), "The TerrascopeOn the Possibility of Using the Earth as an Atmospheric Lens", PASP, accepted for publication

► The new Jovoscope research note is Kipping, David (2019), "A Possible Test of the Terrascope Concept Using Jupiter & Juno", RNAAS

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Video materials and graphics used:

► 2014's "COSMOSA SpaceTime Odyssey", written by Ann Druyan and Steven Soter, Cosmos Studios, Inc

► Voyager 2 footage courtesy NASA/JPL

► Juno arrival at Jupiter animation by NASA/JPL/SwRI

► Juno Perijove18 Jupiter Flyby by NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/SPICE/Gerald Eichstädt

► "Juno's Communications" by NASA/JPL/SwRI

► "Juno EngineeringPrecision Matters" by NASA/JPL/SwRI

► Water droplet by stepvideolabs

► Diffraction by Andrew Norton and the Open University

► DSN footage from NASA/JPL

► "Juno Jupiter orbit animation" by NASA/JPL/SwRI

► "Fly into the Great Red Spot of Jupiter with NASA’s Juno Mission" by NASA

► Breakthrough Starshot animation from the Breakthrough Foundation

► "Cassini's Grand Finale" by NASA/JPL/ESA

► "Atlas, The Next Generation", Boston Dynamics

Movies/TV scenes used:

► Interstellar (2014)

► Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Music used, in chronological order:

► Cylinder Five () by Chris Zabriskie (); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ()

► Cylinder Seven () by Chris Zabriskie (); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ()

► Music from Neptune Flux, "The Oceans Continue to Rise" by Chris Zabriskie (); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ()

► Music from Halo Drive, "Fusion" by Indive (); licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported ()

And also...

► Columbia University Department of Astronomy

► Cool Worlds Lab website

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