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
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atmospheric band ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
South Equatorial Belt of Jupiter
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ⓘ
South Temperate Belt of Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color |
pale yellow
ⓘ
whitish ⓘ |
| contains | ammonia ice clouds ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLatitudeRange | about 15°S to 27°S planetographic latitude ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphericFeature |
anticyclonic storms
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cloud bands ⓘ turbulence ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
long-lived vortices
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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
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ⓘ
large-scale storm systems ⓘ |
| influences |
evolution of the Great Red Spot
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transport of cloud material in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere ⓘ |
| isRegionOf | Jupiter South Tropical domain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHemisphere | southern hemisphere of Jupiter ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
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visible wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf | Jupiter atmosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | North Tropical Zone of Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Cassini spacecraft
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Galileo spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Juno spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Voyager 1 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Voyager 2 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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