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Jupiter's South Pole

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of Jupiter. At the same time, six cyclones were discovered at the South Pole: Оne in the center and five around it (their centers formed a close to regular pentagon), each about 4,500 km (2,800 mi.) in diameter, with a wind speed of about 360 km/h (220 mph), and all of them twisted clockwise. A
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remained stable, but on November 3, 2019, on the 22nd rotation, "Juno" found the birth of a new cyclone at the South Pole: it quickly "pushed" the previous (although still has a smaller size, about 800 km), and now the centers of peripheral cyclones pole form almost right 6-corner.
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probe entered Jupiter's orbit from 1995 to 2003; however, its orbital inclination made it impossible to observe the polar regions of Jupiter;
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presents nine cyclones of similar size: one in the center, and eight around it, rotating counterclockwise.
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For more than three years the structure of cyclones at both poles of the nearest to us
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Photo of Jupiter's South Pole taken by the JunoCam on May 25, 2017
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Jupiter's geographic South Pole is also the location of its
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in July 2016 and for the first time in history entered the
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Juno spacecraft
Jupiter
polar orbit
North Pole of Jupiter
gas giant
Galileo
Cassini
magnetic South Pole
"Don't miss these cyclones on Jupiter, and more | Space | EarthSky"
"Аппарат Juno НАСА обнаруживает новые циклоны на Юпитере"
"У магнитного поля Юпитера не нашлось Северного полюса"
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Jupiter
Outline of Jupiter
Atmosphere
Great Red Spot
Magnetosphere
Rings
Jupiter's North Pole
Jupiter's South Pole
NASA image of Jupiter
Moons
Metis
Adrastea
Amalthea
Thebe
Galilean

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