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 Posted: 07:54 pm

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I remember reading something recently that said Jupiter's red spot (which is as big as Earth) has been growing and getting more violent. 

Anyone else know of this?




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 Posted: 08:40 pm

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 I found this some time ago and thought, WOW!  (I had put it on my site)



  The Great Red Spot of Jupiter is thought to be a hurricane which has been raging on Jupiter for at least 400 years.






The king of planets is aptly named because it not only has the most dymanic atmospheric motion, but also the most riveting cloud patterns and storms, and the most majestic appearance of the giant planets.
The dramatic appearance of Jupiter stems partially because the composition of Jupiter's atmosphere includes complicated molecules such as ammonia and methane, as well as simple molecules such as helium, hydrogen, and sulfur. The composition also includes exotic molecules such as germain.
The atmosphere of Jupiter is only a narrow surface layer, compared to the vast interior of the planet. The three clouddecks of Jupiter are to be found at different levels in the troposphere, while hazes of smog can be found higher in the atmosphere.
Jupiter is not much changed from its early evolution out of the early solar nebula, and in fact, may still be forming!

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It's caused by Global Warming.
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Here is an APOD from 1999

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990806.html

I concur that it is a giant "gas" hurricane (my uncle can fall into this category also) that has raged as long as we could see it through telescopes.

Think about hurricanes on earth.  What causes them to develop? What makes them stronger?  Weaker?

How is it possible for a hurricane to rage for hundreds if not thousands of years?

If Jupiter has no irregular surface, no land mass for the hurricane to encounter and weaken then it could possibly travel the globe of Jupiter forever gaining strength only being disrupted by collisions with Extra-Jovian bodies such as Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

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That's some wild stuff! It's easy to see how people can spend a lifetime study this or making this topic their hobby.




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