Winds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot
stsci_2021-55a September 27th, 2021
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Wong (UCB)
By analyzing images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope from 2009 to 2020, researchers found that the average wind speed just within the boundaries of the Great Red Spot, set off by the outer green circle, have increased by up to 8 percent from 2009 to 2020 and exceed 400 miles per hour. In contrast, the winds near the storm’s innermost region, set off by a smaller green ring, are moving significantly more slowly. Both move counterclockwise.
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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2021/news-2021-055
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- 2021-55a
- Subject Category
- A.1.1.2 A.1.2.2.2
- Subject Name
- Jupiter, Great Red Spot
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, M. Wong (UCB)
- Release Date
- 2021-09-27T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 4.374
- Redshift
- 4.374
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2021/news-2021-055
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- Observation
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- Good
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- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
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- Blue, Green, Red
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- Optical, Optical, Optical
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- B, V, R
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- 395, 502, 631
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- Equinox
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- 20.6573239, -19.2483667
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- STScI
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- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
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- 3700 San Martin Drive
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- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
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- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
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- STSCI-H-p2155a-f-1800x600.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2021-12-14T14:28:47-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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