On August 25, NASA scientists photographed a huge new anticyclone blowing on Jupiter using the Hubble Telescope. The new storm differs from others in its size. Researchers believe it can permanently change the planet’s appearance.
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The Hubble telescope has taken two photos of Jupiter. One photo was only visible light, the other one combined different wavelengths of light, including ultraviolet and infrared. At the time of the images, Jupiter was 653 million kilometers away Earth.
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Amazing discovery by NASA. A new storm on Jupiter
The new anticyclone is located in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere. It travels at a speed of 560 kilometers per hour. The photos show that it is very bright, completely white in some places.
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Scientists speculate that this could be the beginning of a permanent feature of Jupiter’s landscape. Perhaps it will rival the legendary Great Red Spot that dominates the southern hemisphere, NASA wrote in a statement.
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Storms on Jupiter. The Great Red Spot is shrinking
The Great Red Spot is an enormous permanent anticyclone that has been blowing on Jupiter for at least 356 years. It is now about 16,000 kilometers in diameter, but is constantly shrinking. Researchers do not know the reason for this.
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The reason why the Great Red Spot is shrinking is a complete mystery, NASA said.
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The researchers also noted that another known weather formation on Jupiter had changed as well. The BA oval, also known as the Little Red Spot, is a half the size of the anticyclone beneath the Great Red Spot. It turns out that it is darker and redder than on the previous observation.
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The new photo also shows Europe, one of the ice moons Jupiter. Hubble images allow scientists to track changes in the atmosphere on the largest planet in the solar system. The telescope also allows you to photograph other fascinating phenomena in outer space.
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Watch also: Europe similar to the Earth. NASA research results
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