Posted on 02/19/2018 8:57:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
“In truth, the GRS has been shrinking for a long time,” Glenn Orton of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory told Business Insider. The storm was once as large as four times the diameter of Earth, but more recent observations have shown that it’s rapidly losing steam. “Now it’s something like 13 degrees wide in longitude and only 1.3 times the size of the Earth,” Orton says. “Nothing lasts forever.”
Late last year, Juno revealed some surprising information about the huge storm, including how deep into the planet it goes. The data showed that the storm is up to 100 times deeper than Earth’s oceans, and the base of the storm is significantly hotter than the rapidly-moving winds we see in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere. Researchers still don’t know many of the specifics of what drives the storm, but it’s obvious that it’s beginning to breath its dying gasps. Within the next decade or two, the storm is likely to die out completely.
Juno makes its observations during what are known as “science passes,” which is just a fancy way of saying that all of its instruments are up and running as it cruises around the planet.
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Global Warming?
We have to do something about this! Sustainable fish for the children erase the hate going forward
No doubt earthling related. Ludicrous amounts of cash should be dumped into ceaseless research aiming to halt this human caused disastrous phenomena.
Good point. There won’t be the obligatory “we’re doomed” replies.
G*damnit!
TRUMP’S FAULT
Por supuesto
By Jupiter, my big red spot is disappearing too!
Good I’m tired of that thing anyway.
Oh my lord, the pain, the agony, the misery, the unbearable sorrow. What will we do when the red spot is gone? Bartender, another round please.
We need more red ink!
I will celebrate by adding chocolate to milk.
I didn’t know this =>
“Generally, atmospheric temperatures on Jupiter are around 1,700 degrees F (around 930 degrees C), with the exception of areas above the planet’s poles, which are heated by auroras. Above the Great Red Spot, however, the atmosphere is about 2,420 degrees F (about 1,330 degrees C), O’Donoghue said.”
https://www.space.com/33551-jupiter-heats-up-great-red-spot.html
Lol - I thought it was just me.
Once it’s calm, we’ll need FEMA funds to rebuild until next time. Need to order lots of trailers.
Yikes - I always thought Jupiter was way below ice cold
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