What Is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter

question 38

Multiple Choice

What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

• A) the summit of a large mountain that rises above the upper cloud level
• B) a region over the south pole of Jupiter where ammonia compounds that absorb blue light have condensed in the colder atmosphere
• C) an area where charged particles from the satellite Io collide with Jupiter's cloud tops
• D) a large, long-lived anticyclonic storm that is maintained by the differential rotation of Jupiter's atmosphere

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