Thread: The Energy source for the Great Red Spot of Jupiter
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Old 26-November-2003, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Alex W.
It's just turbulence. Without any land to dissipate its energy, a storm such as the great red spot can continue for a stupendously long time- and similar spots tend to appear spontaneously in computer models of gas giants.
Here is a link that discusses the persistence of Jupiter's Great Red Spot - but they don't seem to have much to say about it. How deep is the origin of the Great Red Spot?