Great Red Spot - Wikipedia
WEBThe Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm that is the largest in the Solar System. It is the most recognizable feature on Jupiter, owing to its red-orange color whose origin is still unknown.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A Swirling Mystery - NASA
WEBAug 4, 2015 · Trapped between two jet streams, the Great Red Spot is an anticyclone swirling around a center of high atmospheric pressure that makes it rotate in the opposite sense of hurricanes on Earth. Understanding the …
Jupiter's Great Red Spot: Everything you need to know | Space
WEBSep 1, 2023 · The Great Red Spot is an anticyclone, a long-lasting area of high pressure on Jupiter creating a persistent storm. Located in Jupiter 's Southern Hemisphere, it is the largest storm in our...
NASA released the closest-ever images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
WEBAs NASA's Juno probe flew over Jupiter on July 10th, it snapped photographs of the planet's most iconic feature, the Great Red Spot.
Great Red Spot | Facts, Size, & Definition | Britannica
WEBAug 25, 2024 · Great Red Spot, a long-lived enormous storm system on the planet Jupiter and the most conspicuous feature of its visible cloud surface. It is generally reddish in colour, slightly oval in shape, and approximately 16,350 km (10,159 miles) wide—large enough to engulf Earth.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Getting Taller as it Shrinks, NASA Team …
WEBMar 13, 2018 · Though once big enough to swallow three Earths with room to spare, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been shrinking for a century and a half. Nobody is sure how long the storm will continue to contract or whether it will disappear altogether. A new study suggests that it hasn’t all been downhill, though.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is the oldest vortex in the solar system - CNN
WEBJun 22, 2024 · Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest planet in the solar system for years. But astronomers have debated just how old...
Spectacular Pictures Show Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Up Close
WEBJul 12, 2017 · Jupiter’s roiling, reddish splotch is a tempest of truly Shakespearean proportions. It’s so large you could comfortably tuck Earth into its lidless eye.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is deeper than we thought, NASA Juno ... - NPR
WEBNov 9, 2021 · NASA's Juno spacecraft sweeps over Jupiter's Great Red Spot and makes a 3D map of the giant storm. The findings could shed light on gas giant exoplanets in distant solar systems.
The shrinking of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot | ESA/Hubble
WEBJupiter's Great Red Spot is a churning anticyclonic storm . It shows up in images of the giant planet as a conspicuous deep red eye embedded in swirling layers of pale yellow, orange and white. Winds inside this Jovian storm rage at immense speeds, reaching several hundreds of kilometres per hour.
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