Mar09
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Shrinking
The Great Red Spot, a colossal storm twice the diameter of our planet, has been raging for at least 300 years.
On Earth, hurricanes form and dissipate in a matter of days. On Jupiter, storms can rage for years or even centuries. The Great Red Spot, a colossal storm twice the diameter of our planet, has lasted at least 300 years.
“The velocity data show that the Red Spot has been shrinking along its major diameter by about 15 percent over that period,” said Xylar Asay-Davis, who conducted the study along with Phil Marcus, Mike Wong and Imke de Pader at the University of California at Berkeley. [...]
Source: Space.com – click here for full article
