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Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveals new secrets

By T.K. Randall
March 18, 2010 · Comment icon 4 comments

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.


Source: Wired | Comments (4)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by The Silver Thong 14 years ago
Damn Jupiter is cold wow.
Comment icon #2 Posted by DONTEATUS 14 years ago
I Love Jupiters Spot`s Great post We need more exploration to Jupiter ! ASAP !
Comment icon #3 Posted by danielost 14 years ago
I Love Jupiters Spot`s Great post We need more exploration to Jupiter ! ASAP ! i think it is a three year trip after you launch. not sure how long it would take to plan and build said probe.
Comment icon #4 Posted by Waspie_Dwarf 14 years ago
i think it is a three year trip after you launch. not sure how long it would take to plan and build said probe. Although the Voyager Spacecraft took a very fast trip to Jupiter the normal flight time is closer to 6 years than 3. The next Jupiter probe is already under construction. It is called Juno and is scheduled for launch in August 2011. It will make an Earth Flyby in 2013 and arrive at Jupiter in 2016. It will spend a year orbiting the planet.


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