Scientists are keen to learn its secrets and juno provides the key.
Planet Red Spot. Jupiter's great red spot is a gigantic storm that's about twice as wide as earth, circling the planet in its southern hemisphere. The great red spot is large enough to accommodate earth within its boundaries.81 mathematical models suggest that the storm is stable and may be a permanent feature of the planet.82 however, it has significantly decreased in size since its discovery.
Stargazing May: Time to spot the Great Red Spot as Jupiter ... from static.independent.co.uk
Since scientists started regularly observing the storm in 1850, they have noticed that the storm. The images were taken by the junocam, a spacecraft circling the planet at an amazingly close 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometres) above the storm. (cnn) the great red spot is jupiter's most defining feature, and researchers say the storm has been shrinking for the last 150 years.
Temperatures over the ruddy oval are hundreds of degrees warmer than neighboring bits of air.
Jupiter's great red spot is a gigantic storm that's about twice as wide as earth, circling the planet in its southern hemisphere. The great red spot is a persistent anticyclonic storm on the planet jupiter, 22 degrees south of the equator, which has lasted at least 340 years. It's not the only speedster on the planet. It was probably first observed by cassini, who described it around 1665.
