'We can say that the longevity of the Red Spot now exceeds 190 years at least,' researcher Agustín Sánchez-Lavega said.
Jupiter has long been famed for its Great Red Spot—but it wasn't until recently that scientists gained more information on how, and how long ago, it originated.The huge swirl on the side of the solar system's largest planet is a massive storm, long thought to have been blowing for possibly over 300 years, and at a size larger than the entire Earth.
'Various instruments on board the Juno mission in orbit around Jupiter have shown that the GRS is shallow and thin when compared to its horizontal dimension, as vertically it is about 500 km long,' said Sánchez-Lavega.Above the GRS, winds blow at around 112 mph to the west, while below the storm, they blow to the east at about 93 mph. This created a north-south shear, generating the giant storm vortex.
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