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I'd like to formally propose splitting Great Red Spot from this page.
Do you agree that Great Red Spot should be split into a separate article?
Hello, I think there is a problem with the scale in the photograph labelled "Approximate size comparison of Earth and the GRS". It shows the Earth approximately equal in diameter to the minor axis of the Spot. But the text says the spot could contain 2-3 Earths. 174.91.141.19 ( talk) 01:21, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
In the section for the Great Red Spot (GRS) under "Discrete Features", it states: "Earth observations establish a minimum storm lifetime of, variously, 182 years and possibly 347 years.[67][68]". These citations link to fact sheets that state either "at least 300 years" [67] or "at least the 400 years that humans have observed it through telescopes" [68]. Does anyone know the correct citations for these very precise GRS ages? If they don't exist then this may be it should be changed accordingly 14.200.3.249 ( talk) 09:56, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Drawings that I have seen in the RAS Library made in the mid 19th century show no sign of the GRS. According to Agnes Clerke's History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century:
In the course of his observations on Jupiter at Brussels in 1878, M, Neisten was struck with a rosy cloud attached to a whitish zone beneath the dark southern equatorial band. Its size was enormous.... The earliest record of its appearance seems to be by Professor Pritchett, director of the Morrison Observatory (U.S.), who figured and described it July 9, 1878. It was again delineated August 9, by Tempel at Florence. In the following year it attracted the wonder and attention of almost every possessor of a telescope. Its colour had by that time deepened into a full brick-red, and was set off by contrast with a white equatorial spot of unusual brilliancy....
Subsequent passages describe its changes in visibility. Apparently Mr Gledhill at Halifax had observed an 'elliptical ring' at the same latitude in 1869-70. Clerke says that a spot had reappeared and vanished eight times between Cassini's observation of the spot that allowed him to time Jupiter's rotation in 1665 and 1713, when it was last seen by Maraldi. She says 'It was, however, very much smaller than the recent object, and showed no unusual colour.'
So I don't believe that there is evidence for a continuity of the GRS between Cassini's spot and the current GRS, which has undoubtedly persisted since 1878. Robin Scagell ( talk) 10:22, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
So. Great red spot redirects here. And yet there is no subsection of this article called great red spot. I propose that either (a) this article be deleted (not so helpful) or that (b) an article named great red spot be created (okay with me) or that (c) there be some clearly named subsection of this article that clearly attracts the attention of those looking for information about the great red spot. 04:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Great red spot ---> Atmosphere_of_Jupiter#Great_Red_Spot - Sidelight 12 Talk 04:49, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
The page currently says "The atmosphere of Jupiter lacks a clear lower boundary and gradually transitions into the fluid interior of the planet." This is actually nonsensical. The gaseous atmosphere IS a fluid. Liquids, gases, and plasmas are all fluids, and certain deformable "solids" are also. Fnj2 ( talk) 22:42, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:PIA02863 - Jupiter surface motion animation.gif will be appearing as picture of the day on April 21, 2015. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2015-04-21. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 23:59, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
The article has a lot of statements that say "as of 2008", which I see is the year it was promoted to FA but quite possible that this information is not outdated. The issues are:
Besides updates, one other observation I have is whether it's appropriate to have the Great Dark Spot in the GRS section and LRS in the Oval BA section. Both begin with "[section subject] should not be confused with [other storm]". The Great Dark Spot is simply described as "a feature observed near Jupiter's north pole in 2000 by the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft," with the remainder of the paragraph about the Neptune feature. In my opinion, that's not much to say. There are lots of vortices, so something should probably be mentioned to explain its notability, otherwise it may be something to consider removing entirely if little else can be said about it. It may also be worth adding a section about "other notable vortices" to discuss these two and any others worth describing.
Just a few friendly comments to improve Wikipedia from someone who learned a lot from stumbling across and reading this great article. AHeneen ( talk) 02:28, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
There is pascal as an only SI pressure unit. I recommend do not use obsolete one like "bar" is.
94.112.226.172 ( talk) 20:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
There is some very basic information on the bands that is missing or perhaps considered self-evident which should nevertheless be explicitly stated. I wanted to know two simple things about the bands and zones of Jupiter, that aren't covered in the article:
1) I am color blind, and so can't work out for myself, what are the typical colors in the bands and zones? They're merely described as 'dark' or 'light'. I understand that they are not of constant color, but some indication of the ranges of tints seen would be helpful.
2) What direction do the bands and zones flow in relation to the rotation of Jupiter? The images of the flowing bands don't indicate whether north is up or not, and I don't want to have to assume. swestrup ( talk) 14:51, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Many articles on this, for example please see: http://www.space.com/33551-jupiter-heats-up-great-red-spot.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.212.93 ( talk) 13:38, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
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This article seems to shed new light on a topic discussed in this article as currently unknown. Anyone knowledgeable enough to contribute the findings to the article? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02612-y — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.26.193.170 ( talk) 20:55, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
thank you for this page,,, i used it for my project,, i will give credit , thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.204.13.5 ( talk) 17:44, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Currently, the last sentence in the opening section must be in the wrong place. It says: "This storm near the red spot is called Red Spot Junior.", but no storm is being described for it to refer to. Does this sentence belong at the end of the previous paragraph, which discusses Oval BA? MarkGoldfain ( talk) 14:07, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
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Carl Sagan article mentions that he speculated about life in Jupiter's clouds with Edwin E. Salpeter (in section "Scientific achievements"), with a link to the Jupiter article. However it seems this text disappeared. Nothing either here. Any idea? Yann ( talk) 14:50, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 14:56, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
I'd like to formally propose splitting Great Red Spot from this page.
Do you agree that Great Red Spot should be split into a separate article?
Hello, I think there is a problem with the scale in the photograph labelled "Approximate size comparison of Earth and the GRS". It shows the Earth approximately equal in diameter to the minor axis of the Spot. But the text says the spot could contain 2-3 Earths. 174.91.141.19 ( talk) 01:21, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
In the section for the Great Red Spot (GRS) under "Discrete Features", it states: "Earth observations establish a minimum storm lifetime of, variously, 182 years and possibly 347 years.[67][68]". These citations link to fact sheets that state either "at least 300 years" [67] or "at least the 400 years that humans have observed it through telescopes" [68]. Does anyone know the correct citations for these very precise GRS ages? If they don't exist then this may be it should be changed accordingly 14.200.3.249 ( talk) 09:56, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Drawings that I have seen in the RAS Library made in the mid 19th century show no sign of the GRS. According to Agnes Clerke's History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century:
In the course of his observations on Jupiter at Brussels in 1878, M, Neisten was struck with a rosy cloud attached to a whitish zone beneath the dark southern equatorial band. Its size was enormous.... The earliest record of its appearance seems to be by Professor Pritchett, director of the Morrison Observatory (U.S.), who figured and described it July 9, 1878. It was again delineated August 9, by Tempel at Florence. In the following year it attracted the wonder and attention of almost every possessor of a telescope. Its colour had by that time deepened into a full brick-red, and was set off by contrast with a white equatorial spot of unusual brilliancy....
Subsequent passages describe its changes in visibility. Apparently Mr Gledhill at Halifax had observed an 'elliptical ring' at the same latitude in 1869-70. Clerke says that a spot had reappeared and vanished eight times between Cassini's observation of the spot that allowed him to time Jupiter's rotation in 1665 and 1713, when it was last seen by Maraldi. She says 'It was, however, very much smaller than the recent object, and showed no unusual colour.'
So I don't believe that there is evidence for a continuity of the GRS between Cassini's spot and the current GRS, which has undoubtedly persisted since 1878. Robin Scagell ( talk) 10:22, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
So. Great red spot redirects here. And yet there is no subsection of this article called great red spot. I propose that either (a) this article be deleted (not so helpful) or that (b) an article named great red spot be created (okay with me) or that (c) there be some clearly named subsection of this article that clearly attracts the attention of those looking for information about the great red spot. 04:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Great red spot ---> Atmosphere_of_Jupiter#Great_Red_Spot - Sidelight 12 Talk 04:49, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
The page currently says "The atmosphere of Jupiter lacks a clear lower boundary and gradually transitions into the fluid interior of the planet." This is actually nonsensical. The gaseous atmosphere IS a fluid. Liquids, gases, and plasmas are all fluids, and certain deformable "solids" are also. Fnj2 ( talk) 22:42, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:PIA02863 - Jupiter surface motion animation.gif will be appearing as picture of the day on April 21, 2015. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2015-04-21. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 23:59, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
The article has a lot of statements that say "as of 2008", which I see is the year it was promoted to FA but quite possible that this information is not outdated. The issues are:
Besides updates, one other observation I have is whether it's appropriate to have the Great Dark Spot in the GRS section and LRS in the Oval BA section. Both begin with "[section subject] should not be confused with [other storm]". The Great Dark Spot is simply described as "a feature observed near Jupiter's north pole in 2000 by the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft," with the remainder of the paragraph about the Neptune feature. In my opinion, that's not much to say. There are lots of vortices, so something should probably be mentioned to explain its notability, otherwise it may be something to consider removing entirely if little else can be said about it. It may also be worth adding a section about "other notable vortices" to discuss these two and any others worth describing.
Just a few friendly comments to improve Wikipedia from someone who learned a lot from stumbling across and reading this great article. AHeneen ( talk) 02:28, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
There is pascal as an only SI pressure unit. I recommend do not use obsolete one like "bar" is.
94.112.226.172 ( talk) 20:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
There is some very basic information on the bands that is missing or perhaps considered self-evident which should nevertheless be explicitly stated. I wanted to know two simple things about the bands and zones of Jupiter, that aren't covered in the article:
1) I am color blind, and so can't work out for myself, what are the typical colors in the bands and zones? They're merely described as 'dark' or 'light'. I understand that they are not of constant color, but some indication of the ranges of tints seen would be helpful.
2) What direction do the bands and zones flow in relation to the rotation of Jupiter? The images of the flowing bands don't indicate whether north is up or not, and I don't want to have to assume. swestrup ( talk) 14:51, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Many articles on this, for example please see: http://www.space.com/33551-jupiter-heats-up-great-red-spot.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.212.93 ( talk) 13:38, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
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This article seems to shed new light on a topic discussed in this article as currently unknown. Anyone knowledgeable enough to contribute the findings to the article? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02612-y — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.26.193.170 ( talk) 20:55, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
thank you for this page,,, i used it for my project,, i will give credit , thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.204.13.5 ( talk) 17:44, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Currently, the last sentence in the opening section must be in the wrong place. It says: "This storm near the red spot is called Red Spot Junior.", but no storm is being described for it to refer to. Does this sentence belong at the end of the previous paragraph, which discusses Oval BA? MarkGoldfain ( talk) 14:07, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
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Carl Sagan article mentions that he speculated about life in Jupiter's clouds with Edwin E. Salpeter (in section "Scientific achievements"), with a link to the Jupiter article. However it seems this text disappeared. Nothing either here. Any idea? Yann ( talk) 14:50, 1 August 2022 (UTC)