- Abstract:
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The Little Red Spot (LRS) in Jupiter's atmosphere was investigated in unprecedented detail by the New Horizons spacecraft together with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The LRS and the larger Great Red Spot (GRS) of Jupiter are the largest known atmospheric storms in the solar system. Originally a white oval, the LRS formed from the mergers of three smaller storms in 1998 and 2000, and became as red as the GRS between 2005 and 2006. Here we show that circul...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
- Volume:
- 135
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 2446-2452
- Publication date:
- 2008-06-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1538-3881
- ISSN:
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0004-6256
- URN:
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uuid:839d559b-c8f0-43f3-955a-68993e2887d8
- Source identifiers:
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158252
- Local pid:
- pubs:158252
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2008
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Changing characteristics of Jupiter's little red spot
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