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The momentary black spots are shadows cast by Jupiter's moons. Jupiter's Great Red Spot rotates counterclockwise, with a period of about 4.5 Earth days, [24] or 11 Jovian days, as of 2008. Measuring 16,350 km (10,160 mi) in width as of 3 April 2017, the Great Red Spot is 1.3 times the diameter of Earth. [21]
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the solar system’s largest storm, wiggles like gelatin and contracts like a stress ball, new observations from Hubble Space Telescope find.
In modern times, numerous impact events on Jupiter have been observed, the most significant of which was the collision of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1994. Jupiter is the most massive planet in the Solar System and thus has a vast sphere of gravitational influence, the region of space where an asteroid capture can take place under favorable ...
Voyager 1 time-lapse movie of Jupiter approach (full-size video) Jupiter's Great Red Spot, ... at 10 hours, 39 minutes, 24 seconds. [42]
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — a vast storm that’s lasted for hundreds of years — is shaped like a pancake floating amid the clouds of the gas giant’s outer.
Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
The Great Red Spot (GRS) is a high-pressure system located in Jupiter's southern hemisphere. [19] The GRS is a powerful anticyclone, swirling at about 430 to 680 kilometers per hour counterclockwise around the center. [19] The Spot has become known for its ferocity, even feeding on smaller Jovian storms. [19]
Jupiter's giant red spot shrinking, Hubble images show. Andrew Tavani. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:13 PM. By Irene Klotz. ... The so-called "Great Red Spot" is a violent storm, which in the late ...