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
atmospheric band
boundedBy South Equatorial Belt of Jupiter NERFINISHED
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
cloud bands
turbulence
hasCharacteristic long-lived vortices
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 NERFINISHED
large-scale storm systems
influences evolution of the Great Red Spot
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
visible wavelengths
partOf Jupiter atmosphere NERFINISHED
separatedFrom North Tropical Zone of Jupiter NERFINISHED
studiedBy Cassini spacecraft NERFINISHED
Galileo spacecraft NERFINISHED
Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
Juno spacecraft NERFINISHED
Voyager 1 spacecraft NERFINISHED
Voyager 2 spacecraft NERFINISHED

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Great Red Spot locatedIn South Tropical Zone of Jupiter