Tag: Great Cold Spot

The Great Cold Spot was first discovered on Jupiter using observations taken of Jupiter's auroral region by the CRIRES instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The images on the left show the bright arcs of Jupiter's infrared aurora on two separate nights, the top left image on 17 October and three images taken 31 December 2012, as the planet slowly rotates. However, the Great Cold Spot cannot be seen clearly until these images are saturated so that the entire aurora becomes white, as shown on the right. Here, the planet glows as a result of the temperature of the upper atmosphere, and the distinct regions of cooling that reveal the Great Cold Spot can be seen. Based on data from VLT/ESO. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Leicester

Astronomers Discovered A Second Great Cold Spot In Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere

MessageToEagle.com | April 14, 2017

MessageToEagle.com – A second Great Spot has been discovered on Jupiter by a team of astronomers of University of Leicester. The spot is created by the powerful energies from

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