Vorticity and divergence at scales down to 200 km within and around the polar cyclones of Jupiter
International audience Since 2017 the Juno spacecraft has observed a cyclone at the north pole of Jupiter surrounded by eight smaller cyclones arranged in a polygonal pattern. It is not clear why this configuration is so stable or how it is maintained. Here we use a time series of images obtained by...
Published in: | Nature Astronomy |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Online Access: | https://insu.hal.science/insu-04472064 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01774-0 |