Posted on 08/02/2009 3:54:41 PM PDT by KevinDavis
A strange spot emerged on Venus last week, and astronomers are not sure what caused it. They hope future observations will reveal whether volcanic activity, turbulence in the planet's atmosphere, or charged particles from the sun are to blame.
Amateur astronomer Frank Melillo of Holtsville, New York, first spotted the new feature, which is brighter than its surroundings at ultraviolet wavelengths, on the planet's southern hemisphere on 19 July. That same day, an amateur observer in Australia found a dark spot on Jupiter that had been caused by a meteoroid impact.
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“...mysterious brown spot on Uranus...”
That’s newsworthy? Most have brown spots from time to time, usually not mysterious :)
Yeah, and somebody stole her arms too. Damn vandals. ;)
Venus looks pregnant. Those may be amniotic gasses, she could be about to pop a moon. The heat is suffcient for incubation.
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