2016 May 7
Update on Jupiter’s atmospheric features
A new interim report on Jupiter (no.8) has been posted on the Jupiter Section web pages.
It includes a hi-res map of the planet on 2016 April 28-29 with key features labelled.
Since our last such report two months earlier, the main changes have been:
–The NEB expansion event has stalled and is now regressing – unlike all previous such events that have been recorded.
–The S. Temperate region has become almost blank, although the three structured sectors are persisting and evolving as predicted.
–The internal circulation of the Great Red Spot has been visualised in real time on three more dates.
The report is at: at:
https://britastro.org/node/7329
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