Great Dark Spot

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The Great Dark Spot is a massive, short-lived anticyclonic storm system in Neptune’s atmosphere, similar in appearance to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Dark Spot canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neptunian storm
anticyclonic storm
atmospheric feature
appearance oval-shaped storm system
atmosphericCirculation anticyclonic
atmosphericLayer upper atmosphere
category Neptune atmospheric feature
planetary storm
celestialBody Neptune
color dark
coordinateSystem Neptune planetographic coordinates
discoveredBy Voyager 2
discoveryDate 1989
discoveryMethod spacecraft imaging
hasPart bright companion clouds
hostPlanet Neptune
hostPlanetType ice giant
lifespan short-lived
locatedIn atmosphere of Neptune
southern hemisphere of Neptune
notableFor disappearance between observations
large size relative to Neptune
observedBy Voyager 2 imaging system
observedFrom interplanetary space
observedIn visible wavelengths
planetarySystem Solar System
similarTo Great Red Spot
status transient feature
windType high-speed winds

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

Neptune notableStorm Great Dark Spot