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 …
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: Everything you need to know | Space
WEBSep 1, 2023 · What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter? The Great Red Spot is a huge elliptical-shaped anticyclone — a long-lasting area of high pressure on Jupiter that creates a persistent storm.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Study Reveals It’s Not the
WEB15 hours ago · Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a massive atmospheric vortex, with a diameter approximately that of Earth’s. At its outer periphery, winds whip by at 450 kilometers per hour (280 miles per hour). Its red hue, which is due to atmospheric chemical reactions, stands in stark contrast with the gas giant’s other pale clouds.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Both Deep and Wide - NASA
WEBDec 8, 2021 · NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this detailed look at Jupiter’s most recognizable feature, the Great Red Spot. Data from Juno’s instruments indicate this giant, long-lived vortex extends far deeper into Jupiter’s atmosphere than scientists previously expected, to about 300 miles (500 kilometers) below the cloud tops.
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 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.
How Did Jupiter Get Its Great Red Spot? | Scientific American
WEBJul 12, 2024 · New research suggests the Great Red Spot we see on Jupiter today is an entirely different giant storm from the one astronomers observed more than three centuries ago
Jupiter’s massive Great Red Spot is at least 350 kilometers deep
WEBDec 12, 2017 · NEW ORLEANS — Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has deep roots. Data from the first pass of NASA’s Juno spacecraft over the incessant storm show that its clouds stretch at least 350 kilometers down...
NASA's Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
WEBDec 11, 2017 · Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant oval of crimson-colored clouds in Jupiter's southern hemisphere that race counterclockwise around the oval's perimeter with wind speeds greater than any storm on Earth.