Jupiter

The Great Red Spot

is the most well known characteristic of the planet

Jupiter's atmosphere has a zig-zag pattern of twelve jet streams which make up its signature pastel-toned bands. Earth, by comparison, has only two jet streams.

The Great Red Spot is sandwiched between two of these jets streams, forcing the winds that power those perimeter winds to deflect around the spot.

The Great Red Spot is a persistent anticyclonic storm (which means it spins the other way to the rest of the gas)

It is situated 22° south of Jupiter's equator, which has lasted for at least 180 years and possibly as long as 345 years or more.

reat Red Spot was first discovered in the 1600’s by astronomer Robert Hooke.

This storm is so big you could fit 3 Earths within it!

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered that the size of the storm has decreased 15% between 1996 and 2006.