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by Charles Wilson
Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:47 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Jupiter Eclipses Ganymede (2008 Jan 06)
Replies: 9
Views: 2779

Re: Jupiter Eclipses ganymede

"Swirl"! That's the word I was looking for! Tell ya' something else that might clarify this idea: Get Hubble to take two shots of the whole complex as it comes into view so we can get a 3D shot from the proper oblique angle to see how 3D it actually is. Shouldn't be too hard to set up... T...
by Charles Wilson
Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:49 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Jupiter Eclipses Ganymede (2008 Jan 06)
Replies: 9
Views: 2779

Jupiter Eclipses Ganymede (2008 Jan 06)

So I'm lookin' at the picture of Jupiter and I notice directly above the Great Storm there appears to be a Great Vortex, a vortex tha appears to be pulling material in towards Jupiter's...uhhh...surface.

Anyone else see this?

CW
by Charles Wilson
Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Details of Vortex at Saturn's Southern Pole (APOD 13 Nov 06)
Replies: 29
Views: 10267

Smudgy, White Things!

The neat thing about the "smudgy, white things" is that they orbit within the elliptical distortions in which they are anchored. With the Eye Wall very close to circular in spite of the mass distortions, we have a very tantalizing physics workshop. What forces would keep several "colu...
by Charles Wilson
Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:12 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Details of Vortex at Saturn's Southern Pole (APOD 13 Nov 06)
Replies: 29
Views: 10267

Storm at Saturn's Pole - 11-13-06

One of the most astounding pictures I have ever seen!

Looking straight down the pipe are some blurry, smudgy white things.

Any ideas on what they are? Any ideas? At all?

Charles