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 ...
It saw Michelle Obama and realized how goofy boob belts look.
Looks more like the bottom belt moved up and merged with the top one.... strange
Pluto is not a planet anymore... or is that Neptune....??
Maybe if we raised taxes we could get Jupiter’s belt back???
Right now on the Science Channel (10pm EDT) is a special on the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. It may repeat later tonight if you miss it now. Check your local listings for schedule.
Maybe Congress should hold hearings and waste time and money. They do on everything else.
Dang it. I always get blamed for this kind of stuff. Has anybody checked Craig’s List?
I know, I’m coming late to the show, but ... I think it is because Jovian cap & trade rules kicked in.
Jupiter had to hawk one of its belts.
Global warming and Bush is to blame.
I hit the city and I lost my band...
The stripe moved to Uranus.
Clearly a sympathy protest for Pluto’s demotion to non-Planet status.
A bit off topic but has everyone seen the latest photo from Voyager 1 of the solar system as it’s flying through the outer bounds of the heliosphere en route to interstellar space?
Image
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/images/Cover1.jpg
Did they really need to add those two big, black arrows to the pictures? I mean, couldn’t most folks figured out this one on their own??
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Are they sure the photo on the right isn’t flipped 180 degrees compared to the left photo? The bottom of the left-hand photo looks like the top part of the right-hand photo.
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