White Spot Z [ID: 27]
Coordinates :
36.018° latitude , 358.956° longitude
Submitted by : EthanChappel on 2015-12-20 02:36 UT
Most storms in the North Equatorial Belt usually last a year or so before dissipating. However, White Spot Z has persisted in this area since 1997. We should take a look at it to see if there's something unique about White Spot Z or if its long lifespan is just a fluke.
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11 Comments
Looks pretty wild, I think it has to be something else with such a long lifespan. I have no idea but I hope they find out!
There has to be something neat out here. Did the Hubble telescope not find a vast unknown word where we only saw darkness. Might we not find the same conclusion from this smudge.
This dot looks very similar to those that are in the lower hemisphere, I wonder if there is any coloration between the two.
All of the dots look very similar meaning that they have to be something that has so sort of function on the planet in my eyes
It might be like "Red Spot Jr." Or it could be like The Great Red Spot :) :) :) :) :) :)
What interests me most of all about this feature is both the persistence and the color. Color changes with composition, which changes with depth, and I wonder how composition and latitude affect persistence in the spots.
It would indeed be valuable to understand why and how some features persist in Jupiter's atmosphere. I am curious to know how features further from the equator are affected compared to equatorial features.
These latitudes are currently very disrupted from both the NTBs upheaval and new outbreaks of white ‘rifts’ (convective storms) in the NEB. Although white spot Z itself may be out of view at Perijove-4, the whole region is interesting: Can JunoCam show where the turbulence is spreading from?
I agree with Brookebowers-08, also the spot is on the boundary between zone and belt and should reveal interesting results.
I've loved science when I saw it on tv as a child with my dad & always will be intrigued by it. Thanks to NASA & Teachers .
I agree. The lifespan of this storm has to be one most interesting features on the gas giant.