sirbiotech
02-02-2002, 01:57 AM
this is just a cool story. the red spot is about to show the little
guy whos the boss. :)
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by robert roy britt
senior science writer
posted: 07:02 am et
31 january 2002
amateur and professional astronomers around the world are pointing
telescopes at jupiter to watch two huge storms graze one another as
they race around the giant planet.
one storm, nearly as large as earth, is battling with a much larger
competitor, the mother of all jovian storms, the planet's great red
spot.
the larger whirlwind is 15,400 miles (24,800 kilometers) wide and
packs winds of 270 mph. it has been around for at least three
centuries. the smaller storm, called a white oval, has been brewing
for at least 60 years and possibly for more than a century. both are
said to operate similarly to hurricanes on earth, except that they
rotate in the opposite direction compared with terrestrial storms.
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/jupiter_storms_020131.ht
ml
guy whos the boss. :)
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by robert roy britt
senior science writer
posted: 07:02 am et
31 january 2002
amateur and professional astronomers around the world are pointing
telescopes at jupiter to watch two huge storms graze one another as
they race around the giant planet.
one storm, nearly as large as earth, is battling with a much larger
competitor, the mother of all jovian storms, the planet's great red
spot.
the larger whirlwind is 15,400 miles (24,800 kilometers) wide and
packs winds of 270 mph. it has been around for at least three
centuries. the smaller storm, called a white oval, has been brewing
for at least 60 years and possibly for more than a century. both are
said to operate similarly to hurricanes on earth, except that they
rotate in the opposite direction compared with terrestrial storms.
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/jupiter_storms_020131.ht
ml