Great Red Spot

Great Red Spot
a giant anticyclonic storm on the planet Jupiter; first observed about 1665

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  • Great Red Spot — Astron. See Red Spot. * * * Storm on the planet Jupiter that moves in longitude but remains centred at about latitude 22° south. A high pressure centre, it is oval, measuring about 7,500 mi (12,000 km) north to south, roughly the diameter of… …   Universalium

  • Great Red Spot — Astron. See Red Spot. * * * Astronomy a weather system on the planet Jupiter which measures over 6,200 miles (10,000 km) across and has persisted at least since the beginning of telescopic observations …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Great Red Spot — Эту статью следует викифицировать. Пожалуйста, оформите её согласно правилам оформления статей …   Википедия

  • Great Dark Spot — The Great Dark Spot as seen from Voyager 2 The Great Dark Spot (also known as GDS 89[1]) is the name given to a series of dark spots on Neptune similar in appearance to Jupiter s Great Red Spot. The first one was observed in 1989 by NASA s …   Wikipedia

  • Great White Spot — The Great White Spot, also known as Great White Oval, on Saturn, named by analogy from Jupiter s Great Red Spot, is a name given to periodic storms that are large enough to be visible by telescope from Earth by their characteristic white… …   Wikipedia

  • Red spot — can refer to either of two massive cyclones in the southern hemisphere of the planet Jupiter:*The Great Red Spot, which is three times the size of Earth, and has lasted for at least 175 years*Oval BA (aka Red Spot Jr. or Little Red Spot), formed… …   Wikipedia

  • Red spot jr. — Oval BA Photographie d une partie de la zone située au sud de l équateur de Jupiter. Oval BA est visible en bas à gauche de l image ; la grande tache rouge est située à vers le centre, à droite. Oval BA est le deuxième plus grand vortex… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Red spot junior — Oval BA Photographie d une partie de la zone située au sud de l équateur de Jupiter. Oval BA est visible en bas à gauche de l image ; la grande tache rouge est située à vers le centre, à droite. Oval BA est le deuxième plus grand vortex… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Red Spot — Astron. a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years. Also called Great Red Spot. [1875 80] * * * …   Universalium

  • Red Spot — Astron. a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years. Also called Great Red Spot. [1875 80] …   Useful english dictionary

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