Cassini data help to understand large storms ... - Latercera

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These storms-also called large white spots the way they appear in the planet’s atmosphere, occurring once every 30 Earth years, as published in the journal Nature Geoscience .

The first storm of this type was observed in 1876. However, the last occurred three years ago was captured with high resolution images from the Cassini spacecraft, a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA.

Now, after the analysis performed by scientists through computer models, it has been concluded that the storm originated in a small focus later expanded rapidly, causing a disturbance in the atmosphere and the generation of a ring of white clouds that envelop the planet achieved in less than two months.

addition, the winds that were generated in this storm that lasted seven months reached 500 kilometers per hour.

Scientists say that the analysis of Saturn’s storms not only help understand its origin, but also to understand the meteorological phenomena of the atmosphere.

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