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Galileo Zooms in on Jupiter's Red Spot
Explanation: What does the largest storm system ever recorded look like close-up? This storm system is Jupiter 's Great Red Spot and it was captured recently in detail by the robot spacecraft Galileo now in orbit around Jupiter . Using real images from three color filters, the Galileo team was able to compute what a person would see if able to float just above this ancient rotating cloud system . But don't get too close - remember that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a cold, high pressure area more than twice as wide as planet Earth .
| Date | August 27, 1996 |
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| Credit | Credit: The Galileo Project, JPL, NASA |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
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ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |