GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) is an elliptical shaped anticyclone, occurring at 22 degrees below the equator, in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere. The largest anticyclonic storm ( 16, 000 km) in our solar system, little is known about its internal depth and structure.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some scientists think the red color comes from chemicals burrowed deep beneath the storm’s cloud tops. But other researchers say the rusty color comes from sunlight splitting up various chemicals in the storm’s upper atmosphere, which would mean the rest of the Great Red Spot is actually not very red at all.

Detailed explanation-3: -Astronomers are not sure why the spots are red. Some astronomers think the storms’ hurricane-force winds, which can reach 400 miles per hour, dredge up material from deeper in Jupiter’s atmosphere. This material, when exposed to ultraviolet light from the Sun, undergoes a chemical change that turns it red.