[Heaven] Jupiter Loses One Of Its Stripes And Scientists Are Stumped
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Jupiter
Loses One Of Its Stripes And
Scientists Are
Stumped
Jupiter has lost one of its iconic
red
stripes and scientists are baffled
as to
why.
The
largest planet in our solar system
is
usually dominated by two dark bands
in its
atmosphere, with one in the northern
hemisphere and one in the southern
hemisphere.
However, the most
recent
images taken by amateur astronomers
have
revealed the lower stripe known as
the
Southern Equatorial Belt has
disappeared
leaving the southern half of the
planet
looking unusually bare.
The band was present
in at
the end of last year before Jupiter
ducked
behind the Sun on its orbit.
However, when
it emerged three months later the
belt had
disappeared. Journalist and amateur
astronomer Bob King, also known as
Astro_Bob,
was one of the first to note the
strange
phenomenon.
He said: 'Jupiter
with only
one belt is almost like seeing
Saturn when
its rings are edge-on and invisible
for a
time - it just doesn't look right.'
It
is not the first time this unusual
phenomenon has been noticed. Jupiter
loses
or regains one of its belts every
ten of 15
years, although exactly why this
happens is
a mystery.
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