Planetary-scale 'heat wave' discovered in Jupiter's atmosphere

Planetary-scale 'heat wave' discovered in Jupiter's atmosphere

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Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 25, 2022

An unexpected 'heat wave' of 700 degrees Celsius, extending 130,000 kilometres (10 Earth diameters) in Jupiter's atmosphere, has been discovered. James O'Donoghue, of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has presented the results this week at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022 in Granada. Jupiter's atmosphere, famous for its characteristic multicoloured vortices, is a

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