Jupiter red spot
Discussion
As I understand it this storm has been evidenced as being raging for 400years minimum.
On Earth once a storm hits land mass it loses power and then gradually ends in nothing.
But on Juipitos given it's a gas planet is it the case that there is no resistance to the storms winds as such could this storm continue forever more?
Why doesn't it grow in size
On Earth once a storm hits land mass it loses power and then gradually ends in nothing.
But on Juipitos given it's a gas planet is it the case that there is no resistance to the storms winds as such could this storm continue forever more?
Why doesn't it grow in size
Yes, it's a Wiki link, but it's pretty concise in the matter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Red_Spot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Red_Spot
It does grow in size - and it also shrinks. Over the almost 500 years it's been observed it has varied in size and colour. It's not truly understood why these changes happen. One of the tasks of the Juno space probe is to better understand conditions in Jupiter's atmosphere and netter understand its behaviour.
NASA pictures from Juno - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-space...
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