Great Red Spot
Jupiter's colossal hurricane
The Great Red Spot is a massive, persistent storm in Jupiter's atmosphere—an anticyclonic vortex larger than Earth that has been observed for centuries.
It appears as a reddish oval in the planet's southern hemisphere.
The storm's exact age is unknown, but astronomers have tracked it since at least the 1800s.
High-pressure weather system
- anticyclonicRotating around atmospheric high
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- windstormViolent atmospheric disturbance
cyclonic · atmospheric · convection · updraft · downdraft · circulation · rotating · persistent
Hydrogen-helium planetary body
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- Hubble Space TelescopeOrbiting astronomical observatory
- southern hemisphereRegion below the equator
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
ammonia · hydrogen · helium · belts · zones · magnetosphere · moons · Io
Extremely large in scale
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- giganticImmensely large in scale
- vastExtremely great in size
immense · shrinking · oval · towering · kilometers · diameter · depth · volume
Corroded or unpracticed
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- ochreIron-rich earth pigment
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- orangeCitrus with segments
brick-red · pale · fading · banding · eye · oval · distinctive · iconic
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- VoyagerNASA interstellar mission name
- PioneerAudio-visual equipment manufacturer
Cassini · eyepiece · imaging · false color · photography · transit · opposition · visibility
anticyclone
High-pressure weather system
- anticyclonicRotating around atmospheric high
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
windstorm · cyclonic · atmospheric · convection · updraft · downdraft · circulation · rotating · persistent · churning
gas giant
Hydrogen-helium planetary body
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- Hubble Space TelescopeOrbiting astronomical observatory
- southern hemisphereRegion below the equator
atmosphere · ammonia · hydrogen · helium · belts · zones · magnetosphere · moons · Io · Europa
colossal
Extremely large in scale
vast · immense · shrinking · oval · towering · kilometers · diameter · depth · volume
rusty
Corroded or unpracticed
orange · brick-red · pale · fading · banding · eye · oval · distinctive · iconic · colorful
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- VoyagerNASA interstellar mission name
Pioneer · Cassini · eyepiece · imaging · false color · photography · transit · opposition · visibility · magnification
- Space LandmarksOlympus Mons, Sea of Tranquility, Valhalla, Cassini Division, Tycho
- solar systemsun, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- JupiterIo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, moons
- Jupiter explorationVoyager 1, Voyager 2, Europa, Io, Ganymede
- planetary atmospheresatmospheric layers, clouds, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon
- planetary featuresvolcano, mountain, crater, canyon, cliff
Great Red SpotOlympus Mons
Massive Martian shield volcano
solid surface · geological formation · impact crater · canyon · mountain
great, greater, greatest, greatly, greatness, redden, reddish, redness, reds