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Jupiter loses one of its stripes and scientists are stumped as to why
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| May 12, 2010
| Claire Bates
Posted on 05/12/2010 4:55:35 PM PDT by kennedy
Jupiter has lost one of its iconic red stripes and scientists are baffled as to why.
The largest planet in our solar system is usually dominated by two dark bands in its atmosphere, with one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere.
However, the most recent images taken by amateur astronomers have revealed the lower stripe known as the Southern Equatorial Belt has disappeared leaving the southern half of the planet looking unusually bare.
The band was present in at the end of last year before Jupiter ducked behind the Sun on its orbit. However, when it emerged three months later the belt had disappeared.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1277734/Jupiter-loses-stripes-scientists-idea-why.html#ixzz0nlLRW5xQ
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; jove; jupiter; planets; solarsystem; stripes
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To: kennedy
Jupiter loses one of its stripes and scientists are stumped as to whyAll part of the "change" we voted for.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:06:11 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: FrPR; BP2; mrreaganaut; Las Vegas Dave; Hell to pay; kosciusko51; stainlessbanner; uscbud; ...
Uh oh... It could be one thing...
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:06:51 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
To: kennedy
Al Gore and his Jupiter Global warming task force saved Jupiter?
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:07:01 PM PDT
by
o_zarkman44
(Elect Chuck Purgason, US Senate, Missouri! http://www.purgasonforsenate.com/)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:07:19 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: kennedy
Rove, you magnificent ...
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:07:47 PM PDT
by
Jemian
(Support Bible translation in Papua. www.mmlott.org)
To: kennedy
It would be a real kicker if whatever erased that stripe caused enough disruption to cause the Great Red Spot to die too.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:08:03 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:08:42 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: kennedy
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:09:21 PM PDT
by
bikerman
(Impeachment ! Has a nice ring to it don't you think?)
To: kennedy
The red stripe can be found on Obummer’s back.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:09:33 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I assume you forgot the /s tag?
I believe the article means that scientists are stumped as to the specific process that could cause such a major weather feature to disappear in such a short time.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:09:38 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: GeronL
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:10:25 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: kennedy
In order to help study and correct this problem the Obama Administration should create a blue ribbon commission of leading liberal/leftist Democrats, RINO’s and other assorted socialists. The Congress should appropriate 500 million dollars to pay for this commission. The commission will then recommend a federal tax increase to collect an extra 200 billion dollars per year to help fix this problem and continue to study ways to fix the problem.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:13:23 PM PDT
by
StormEye
To: GeronL
Aliens decided to have some fun and screw with the scientists on Earth.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:16:40 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(I'm voting for Sarah Palin because she pisses off the right people.)
To: Little Pig
Monolith...obelisk... tomato... potatoe
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:17:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: beethovenfan
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:18:50 PM PDT
by
Wilum
(Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
To: Little Pig
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:19:06 PM PDT
by
oyez
(The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits.)
To: kennedy
Wow, that was unexpected.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:24:15 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(He promised hope; he gave us hype. He promised change; he gave us chains!)
To: kennedy
Let me guess. The stripe supported Obamacare and they ran him out of office.
To: Little Pig
An obelisk is a monolith, I think.
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:25:14 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(He promised hope; he gave us hype. He promised change; he gave us chains!)
To: KevinDavis
Was a monolith visible. :-)
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:26:46 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
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