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Extraterrestrial Storms

Extraterrestrial Storms. Sage Scoville. Hurricanes on Jupiter and Saturn. Hurricanes happen on other planets just like they do here on Earth Ones on Jupiter and Saturn tend to be the biggest Some get to the size of earth and bigger

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Extraterrestrial Storms

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  1. Extraterrestrial Storms Sage Scoville

  2. Hurricanes on Jupiter and Saturn • Hurricanes happen on other planets just like they do here on Earth • Ones on Jupiter and Saturn tend to be the biggest • Some get to the size of earth and bigger • They just don’t cause a lot of damage because there is nothing to destroy • These storms generate their power from their own internal heat and use the moisture from beneath the clouds

  3. The great red spot • Jupiter’s biggest storm cloud is known as the great red spot it has hurricane characteristics • Its so big you could fit 3 whole earths inside of it. • It has periodically been going on since the 1665

  4. The great white spot • Huge storms on Saturn erupt known as great white spots. • The last time one erupted was 2010 in December • It was a thunderstorm that ranged to 6200 miles • The storm is still going on and some of the clouds have wrapped all the way around the ring of the planet

  5. saturn • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6besTg3SNc&safe=active

  6. Neptune’s cyclone • Last year astronomers spotted cyclones on the south poles of Neptune • They are thousands of miles wide • This cyclone was very similar to one found on Saturn’s south pole a couple years ago • These storms have a very well developed eye just like here on Earth

  7. Mars dust storms • On Mars a dust storm can develop in a matter of hours and envelope the entire planet within a few days • All dust storms are powered by the sun. Solar heating warms the atmosphere moving the air and then picking the dust off the ground • With these storms it is hard for us to send rovers on mars. • The Viking mission of 1976 recorded the 2 biggest dust storms

  8. Causes of Saturn’s storm • Scientist don’t know the exact reasoning of these storms • These storms just save up energy for long periods of time and just let loose at random. • Scientists are looking for answers as to why these storms happen

  9. Causes of Jupiter’s storm • Most scientists believe that the spot was started by simple planetary changes in climate and atmosphere • Other scientists believe that a planet or asteroid had collided into the planet leaving a refuse in the area it fell into • According to that theory a planet or asteroid the size of Venus would have had to hit the planet to make a storm that big.

  10. Causes of Neptune's storm • The cyclones of Neptune are caused by the difference in temperature between the heat producing cores and the frigid cloud tops • Neptune has the strongest winds in the solar system and they blow the winds the opposite way the planet spins causing the cyclones

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