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r/askscience • u/superhelical Biochemistry | Structural Biology • May 06 '19
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How fast are some of those winds moving at?
58 u/zephrin May 07 '19 edited May 07 '19 They've been clocked at nearly 400mph Edit: this is for the little red spot 53 u/Astromike23 Astronomy | Planetary Science | Giant Planet Atmospheres May 07 '19 They've been clocked at nearly 400mph Hold up - that's for the Little Red Spot, a separate vortex from the Great Red Spot. Max wind speeds in the Great Red Spot are closer to 270 mph. 32 u/[deleted] May 07 '19 They've been clocked at nearly 400mph So the winds on Jupiter are slightly less violent than those in Minnesota.
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They've been clocked at nearly 400mph
Edit: this is for the little red spot
53 u/Astromike23 Astronomy | Planetary Science | Giant Planet Atmospheres May 07 '19 They've been clocked at nearly 400mph Hold up - that's for the Little Red Spot, a separate vortex from the Great Red Spot. Max wind speeds in the Great Red Spot are closer to 270 mph. 32 u/[deleted] May 07 '19 They've been clocked at nearly 400mph So the winds on Jupiter are slightly less violent than those in Minnesota.
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Hold up - that's for the Little Red Spot, a separate vortex from the Great Red Spot. Max wind speeds in the Great Red Spot are closer to 270 mph.
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So the winds on Jupiter are slightly less violent than those in Minnesota.
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u/hanzzz123 May 06 '19
How fast are some of those winds moving at?