RELATION OF CYCLONES WITH JUPITER
The vortices reveal themselves as large red, white or brown spots (ovals). The largest two spots are the great red spot (GRS) and Oval BA, which is also red. These two and most of the other large spots are anticyclonic. Smaller anticyclones tend to be white. Vortices are thought to be relatively shallow structures with depths not exceeding several hundred kilometers. Located in the southern hemisphere, the GRS is the largest known vortex in the Solar System. It could engulf several Earths and has existed for at least three hundred years. Oval BA, south of GRS, is a red spot a third the size of GRS that formed in 2000 from the merging of three white ovals.
Jupiter has powerful storms, always accompanied by lightning strikes. The storms are a result of moist convection in the atmosphere connected to the evaporation and condensation of water. They are sites of strong upward motion of the air, which leads to the formation of bright and dense clouds. The storms form mainly in belt regions. The lightning strikes on Jupiter are more powerful than those on Earth. However, there are fewer of them, and the average levels of lightning activity are comparable to those on Earth.
JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT IS AMAZING FEATURE THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE EARTH THROUGH TELESCOPES AS WELL.
ITS DIMENSIONS ARE- 24–40,000 km × 12–14,000 km. it is so huge that it can accumulate two or three planets of Earth's diameter. The maximum altitude of this storm is about 8 km above the surrounding cloudtops
this red spot has been active on jupiter since 1665. its period of rotation is of six days and is expected to remain a life long on jupiter
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