Jupiter - Red Spot meets Junior

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bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 353700 - Posted: 1 Jul 2006, 13:45:13 UTC Hi, I thought you might find this interesting . . . I did! "The two biggest storms in the solar system are about to bump into each other in plain view of backyard telescopes. Storm #1 is the Great Red Spot, twice as wide as Earth itself, with winds blowing 350 mph. The behemoth has been spinning around Jupiter for hundreds of years. Storm #2 is Oval BA, also known as "Red Jr.," a youngster of a storm only six years old. Compared to the Great Red Spot, Red Jr. is half-sized, able to swallow Earth merely once, but it blows just as hard as its older cousin." The rest of the story can be found at: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/05jun_redperil.html (Apologies, I can't seem to make links work properly . . .) Bill_Mole ID: 353700 ·

littlegreenmanfrommars Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0	Message 353773 - Posted: 1 Jul 2006, 16:16:50 UTC - in response to Message 353700. Hi, I thought you might find this interesting . . . I did! "The two biggest storms in the solar system are about to bump into each other in plain view of backyard telescopes. Storm #1 is the Great Red Spot, twice as wide as Earth itself, with winds blowing 350 mph. The behemoth has been spinning around Jupiter for hundreds of years. Storm #2 is Oval BA, also known as "Red Jr.," a youngster of a storm only six years old. Compared to the Great Red Spot, Red Jr. is half-sized, able to swallow Earth merely once, but it blows just as hard as its older cousin." The rest of the story can be found at: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/05jun_redperil.html There you go, Bill... In order to make links work, you have to use BB Code, which is similar to HTML, as used in composing web pages. To make a link work, put [url in front of it (no space) and [/url] at the end (again, no space). (Apologies, I can't seem to make links work properly . . .) Bill_Mole ID: 353773 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 354492 - Posted: 2 Jul 2006, 16:41:00 UTC - in response to Message 353773. [quote In order to make links work, you have to use BB Code, which is similar to HTML, as used in composing web pages. To make a link work, put [url in front of it (no space) and [/url] at the end (again, no space). (Apologies, I can't seem to make links work properly . . .) Bill_Mole [/quote] Thanks LGM; I wonder what will happen to little Red on Tuesday . . . ID: 354492 ·

Enigma Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 628 Credit: 21,606 RAC: 0	Message 354754 - Posted: 3 Jul 2006, 1:11:46 UTC - in response to Message 354492. This is cool Bill, thanks for the link. When i first found out about 'big red' when i was a kid, it blew me away, a storm bigger than our planet..... no it's got a little bro haha. Will be interesting to see what happens. Belief gets in the way of learning ID: 354754 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 381734 - Posted: 29 Jul 2006, 21:01:55 UTC - in response to Message 354754. Last modified: 29 Jul 2006, 21:02:38 UTC Update from the BBC - it seems Junior made it past Big Red OK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5214664.stm ID: 381734 ·

Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0	Message 381736 - Posted: 29 Jul 2006, 21:10:10 UTC Thanks for posting this. It seems I'm going to have to cancel my trip to Jupiter now that the weather seems to be getting bad..... :-) Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! ID: 381736 ·

littlegreenmanfrommars Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0	Message 382376 - Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 16:08:45 UTC It just makes me wonder a bit... Since Red Junior has grown by combining with other storms, is it possible that, at some time in the future, it will grow still further? If so, will the Senior Red Spot also grow? Will they one day be large enough to actually collide, and combine in another "fly past" like the recent one? ID: 382376 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 382690 - Posted: 30 Jul 2006, 23:05:44 UTC - in response to Message 382376. Last modified: 30 Jul 2006, 23:07:29 UTC It just makes me wonder a bit... Since Red Junior has grown by combining with other storms, is it possible that, at some time in the future, it will grow still further? If so, will the Senior Red Spot also grow? Will they one day be large enough to actually collide, and combine in another "fly past" like the recent one? Yes, I think Red Junior can grow bigger as it seems to be in a belt where storms are created, so when Red Junior meets them, they'll be absorbed. For Senior Red, it seems pretty stable in size, and even the belt it's sited in, looks pretty turmoiled, it doesn't seem to create storms, which Senior Red could absorb. And I think the belts are very separated, so even they seem to be close, I think there are some factors in the belts that prevent them from merging. So I think that spots, if they are sited in each belt, won't be absorbed in each other. But fascinating it looks. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 382690 ·

littlegreenmanfrommars Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0	Message 384464 - Posted: 1 Aug 2006, 10:19:24 UTC - in response to Message 382690. It just makes me wonder a bit... Since Red Junior has grown by combining with other storms, is it possible that, at some time in the future, it will grow still further? If so, will the Senior Red Spot also grow? Will they one day be large enough to actually collide, and combine in another "fly past" like the recent one? Yes, I think Red Junior can grow bigger as it seems to be in a belt where storms are created, so when Red Junior meets them, they'll be absorbed. For Senior Red, it seems pretty stable in size, and even the belt it's sited in, looks pretty turmoiled, it doesn't seem to create storms, which Senior Red could absorb. And I think the belts are very separated, so even they seem to be close, I think there are some factors in the belts that prevent them from merging. So I think that spots, if they are sited in each belt, won't be absorbed in each other. But fascinating it looks. It's definitely a fascinating planet. Shame any human visitation is impossible. Just getting into orbit and having a look would be an impossible dream come true for me. ID: 384464 ·

Es99 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0	Message 384494 - Posted: 1 Aug 2006, 11:28:53 UTC Is Jupiter's spot still a strange attractor, or has Chaos theory gone out of fashion? Reality Internet Personality ID: 384494 ·

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