Great Red Spot

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The Great Red Spot is a gigantic, long-lived anticyclonic storm in Jupiter’s atmosphere, notable for its reddish color and size larger than Earth.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anticyclonic storm ⓘ
atmospheric feature ⓘ
planetary storm ⓘ
category feature of Jupiter ⓘ
color red ⓘ
reddish ⓘ
diameter about 16,000 kilometers ⓘ
larger than Earth ⓘ
discoveredBy Giovanni Domenico Cassini ⓘ
Robert Hooke ⓘ
discoveryDate 17th century ⓘ
discoveryMethod telescopic observation ⓘ
firstObservationYear 1664 ⓘ
1665 ⓘ
latitude approximately 22 degrees south ⓘ
lifetime at least 150 years ⓘ
possibly over 300 years ⓘ
locatedIn South Tropical Zone of Jupiter ⓘ
atmosphere of Jupiter ⓘ
southern hemisphere of Jupiter ⓘ
locatedOn Jupiter ⓘ
notableFor distinct red color ⓘ
gigantic size ⓘ
long-lived nature ⓘ
observedBy Cassini spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens

Galileo spacecraft ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Juno spacecraft ⓘ
New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons

Pioneer 10 ⓘ
Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Voyager 1 ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
ground-based telescopes ⓘ
orbitalBody Jupiter ⓘ
partOf Jovian weather system ⓘ
Jupiter’s cloud bands ⓘ
rotationDirection counterclockwise (as seen from above Jupiter’s south pole) ⓘ
rotationPeriod about 14 Jovian days ⓘ
about 6 Earth days ⓘ
shape oval ⓘ
sizeTrend shrinking over recent decades ⓘ
stormType high-pressure system ⓘ
temperature colder than surrounding cloud tops ⓘ
verticalStructure extends high above surrounding clouds ⓘ
vorticity anticyclonic ⓘ
windSpeed up to about 270 mph ⓘ
up to about 430 km/h ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jupiter → hasFeature → Great Red Spot ⓘ
Great Dark Spot → similarTo → Great Red Spot ⓘ
JunoCam → imageSubject → Jupiter Great Red Spot ⓘ
linked to: Great Red Spot
Microwave Radiometer → observes → Jupiter’s Great Red Spot ⓘ
subject linked to: Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
linked to: Great Red Spot
South Tropical Zone of Jupiter → hosts → Great Red Spot ⓘ