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Astronomers Spot ‘Unique Meteorological Beast’ on Jupiter – Gizmodo Australia

For the first time ever, astronomers have measured winds inside Jupiter’s middle atmosphere, revealing unexpectedly fast jet streams within the planet’s deeper…

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For the first time ever, astronomers have measured winds inside Jupiters middle atmosphere, revealing unexpectedly fast jet streams within the planets deeper layers.
A paper published in Astronomy & Astrophysics is giving new meaning to the term polar vortex.
Using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, astronomers have clocked the speed of polar jets located far below the cloud tops, and, wow, is it ever gusty down there. The fastest of these jets is moving at 1,440 km…

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