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Old 26-May-2008, 01:59 PM
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Must be global warming on Jupitor


WASHINGTON — Jupiter has a new freckle – a third red spot much smaller than the well-known Great Red Spot and a newer one dubbed Red Spot Jr.



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The heat for Jupiter's storms is generated internally. So perhaps there are hotspots or upwellings of heat, so that the heat does not reach the clouds uniformly?
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