Jupiter's Great Red Spot is Shrinking
Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot - a swirling storm that is larger than Earth - is shrinking. This downsizing, which is changing the shape of the spot from an oval into a circle, has been known from about the 1930s, but now these striking new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images capture the spot at a smaller size than ever before.
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<br>Thanks to Luis Saravia for finding this news item and pointing it out to me.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Guy Pirro
Is there a problem? Dave 8O
Interesting no doubt.....bet its related to "global warming" <img class='' src='http://new.astromart.com/astromart/javascripts/sceditor/emoticons/smile.png' alt='smile' title='smile'/>
Luis is one of the best guys on Astromart. Qué suave!
<br>On Earth, when the eye of a hurricane is shrinking, it means that the hurricane is intensifying.<br><br>I'll bet the Red Spot on Jupiter is actually intensifying and the wind speeds are increasing.<br><br>I would think that the circular motion of the Red Spot could be measured and compared to records from previous years.<br><br>Guy<br><br>
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