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ArticleBody:Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking. The biggest windstorm in the solar system has been slowly declining for decades, but some new research may explain why. There are fewer storms feeding this giant anticyclone, causing it to shrink. The findings are detailed in a study published in the September 2024 issue of the journal Icarus. What is the Great Red Spot? Arguably the gas giant’s most famous feature, the Great Red Spot is in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere.
Jovian storms and heat domes In the new study, a team from Yale, North Carolina State University, and the University of Louisville, looked at the influence that smaller, transient Jovian storms have on the Great Red Spot. They conducted a series of 3D simulations of the Spot using a model called the Explicit Planetary Isentropic-Coordinate model. This atmospheric model was developed by study co-author Timothy Dowling during the 1990s and as a way to model another planet’s atmosphere.
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