South Tropical Zone of Jupiter

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The South Tropical Zone of Jupiter is a prominent atmospheric band in the planet’s southern hemisphere, notable as the region that hosts the Great Red Spot and other large-scale storm systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jovian atmospheric zone ⓘ
atmospheric band ⓘ
boundedBy South Equatorial Belt of Jupiter ⓘ
South Temperate Belt of Jupiter ⓘ
color pale yellow ⓘ
whitish ⓘ
contains ammonia ice clouds ⓘ
hasApproximateLatitudeRange about 15°S to 27°S planetographic latitude ⓘ
hasAtmosphericFeature anticyclonic storms ⓘ
cloud bands ⓘ
turbulence ⓘ
hasCharacteristic long-lived vortices ⓘ
prominent bright band ⓘ
relatively high albedo compared to adjacent belts ⓘ
zonal wind shear ⓘ
hasDynamicalProperty strong jet streams at its boundaries ⓘ
hasRole key region for studying Jovian atmospheric circulation ⓘ
primary region for Great Red Spot dynamics ⓘ
hasTemporalStability long-lived band structure ⓘ
hasWindDirection primarily east–west zonal winds ⓘ
hosts Great Red Spot ⓘ
large-scale storm systems ⓘ
influences evolution of the Great Red Spot ⓘ
transport of cloud material in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere ⓘ
isRegionOf Jupiter South Tropical domain ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere southern hemisphere of Jupiter ⓘ
locatedOn Jupiter ⓘ
observedIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
visible wavelengths ⓘ
partOf Jupiter atmosphere ⓘ
separatedFrom North Tropical Zone of Jupiter ⓘ
studiedBy Cassini spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens

Galileo spacecraft ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Juno spacecraft ⓘ
Voyager 1 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Voyager 1

Voyager 2 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Voyager 2

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

Great Red Spot → locatedIn → South Tropical Zone of Jupiter ⓘ
South Tropical Zone of Jupiter → isRegionOf → Jupiter South Tropical domain ⓘ
linked to: South Tropical Zone of Jupiter