Modeling the stability of polygonal patterns of vortices at the poles of Jupiter as revealed by the Juno spacecraft

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Li, Cheng, Ingersoll, Andrew P., Klipfel, Alexandra P., Brettle, Harriet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2020
• Subjects: Jupiter; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/15/24082.full.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/4/pnas.2008440117.sapp.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/5/pnas.2008440117.sm01.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/7/pnas.2008440117.sm02.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/8/pnas.2008440117.sm03.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/9/pnas.2008440117.sm04.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/10/pnas.2008440117.sm05.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/11/pnas.2008440117.sm06.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/12/pnas.2008440117.sm07.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/13/pnas.2008440117.sm08.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105339/14/pnas.2008440117.sm09.mov; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200911-133135658

From its pole-to-pole orbit, the Juno spacecraft discovered arrays of cyclonic vortices in polygonal patterns around the poles of Jupiter. In the north, there are eight vortices around a central vortex, and in the south there are five. The patterns and the individual vortices that define them have b...