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Origin of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Journal Article · · Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5496546

The Great Red Spot, a giant vortex in the Jovian atmosphere, may owe its origin to the structure of Jupiter's magnetic field and radiation belt. Several Spot parameters resemble those of the Brazil anomaly, a negative anomaly in the terrestrial field. It is shown qualitatively that the Spot has developed at the site of a negative anomaly in the Jovian field and is continually supplied by precipitation of energetic radiation-belt particles into the planet's atmosphere.

Research Organization:
Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow
OSTI ID:
5496546
Journal Information:
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 7:5; ISSN SALED
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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