Figure 12-6: R I V U X G
Creating Red Spot Jr. (a–d) For 60 years prior to 1998, the three white ovals labeled FA, DE, and BC traveled together at the same latitude on Jupiter. Between 1998 and 2000, they combined into one white oval, labeled BA, which (e) became a red spot, named Red Spot Jr., in 2006.
Creating Red Spot Jr. (a–d) For 60 years prior to 1998, the three white ovals labeled FA, DE, and BC traveled together at the same latitude on Jupiter. Between 1998 and 2000, they combined into one white oval, labeled BA, which (e) became a red spot, named Red Spot Jr., in 2006.
(a–d: NASA/JPL/WFPC2; e: NASA, ESA, A. Simon-Miller [NASA/GSFC], and I. de Pater [University of California Berkeley])