Space & Astronomy
Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveals new secrets
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T.K. RandallMarch 18, 2010 ·
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Image Credit: NASA/JHU/APL
New thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot have revealed new details of the solar system's greatest storm.
The images have revealed a wide range of weather and temperature conditions throughout what is believed to be the largest known storm in the solar system. Having lasted at least several hundred years the spot is three times the size of the Earth.
The darkest red part of the spot turns out to be a warm patch inside the otherwise cold storm. The temperature variation is slight: “Warm” in this case translates to -250 degrees Fahrenheit while cold is an even frostier -256 degrees F. But even that difference is enough to create intriguing internal dynamics.
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