NASA’s Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

“One of the most basic questions about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is: how deep are the roots?” said Scott Bolton, Juno’s principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “Juno data indicate that the solar system’s most famous storm is almost one-and-a-half Earths wide, and has roots that penetrate about 200 miles (300 kilometers) into the planet’s atmosphere.”

Source: News | NASA’s Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

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