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To: Red Badger

I wonder what causes the bands.


3 posted on 02/25/2021 5:19:39 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Global warming.


5 posted on 02/25/2021 5:21:58 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: MtnClimber

Music lessons?.........................


7 posted on 02/25/2021 5:24:44 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: MtnClimber

https://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/95-What-are-the-stripes-of-color-on-Jupiter-

The stripes of color on Jupiter are called its bands. There are two types of bands on Jupiter. The light colored bands are called zones. These are regions where gas in Jupiter’s atmosphere is rising upwards. The dark bands are called belts. These are regions where the gas in Jupiter’s atmosphere is sinking downwards. The colors in the bands are caused by slight differences in their temperatures and their composition (what chemicals are in them). Bands that are next to each other have winds which move in opposite directions.

Another reason: Jupiter is spinning like a top. That causes enormously fast jet streams. Jupiter’s rotation takes 9 hours and 50 minutes. The speed slows by about 5 minutes for areas farther from the equator. The average rate for the whole planet is 9.9 hours.

The jet streams are causing the rotational separation of the bands due to this speed.


10 posted on 02/25/2021 5:39:44 AM PST by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: MtnClimber

SUVs.


11 posted on 02/25/2021 5:42:23 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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