Work led by Leicester's @arrate_wp01 and funded by @ERC_Research, spanning almost five decades of Jupiter infrared observations from @NASA_IRTF and other facilities, has uncovered a 6-7 year cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter's equator: https://t.co/0MFyfXvOB2 pic.twitter.com/rmZhigBYuj
— Leigh Fletcher (@LeighFletcher) December 19, 2018
What's even more exciting, is that the cycle suggests we'll see another episode in the next year or two, with #Jupiter's thick equatorial clouds parting to reveal the vigorous dynamics of the lower cloud decks.... with stark implications for @NASAJuno observations in 2019!
— Leigh Fletcher (@LeighFletcher) December 19, 2018
Arrate's full paper on #Jupiter's equatorial disturbances is available in Geophysical Research Letters, and is #openaccess: it can be downloaded from here: https://t.co/xSGPnaUhDn
— Leigh Fletcher (@LeighFletcher) December 19, 2018
...and it'll be exciting to see what Jupiter looks like when it emerges from behind the Sun (solar conjunction was in November) in the coming weeks... will the clouds be gone again, as they were in 1973, 1979, 1992, 1999 and 2006?
— Leigh Fletcher (@LeighFletcher) December 19, 2018
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