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- Title
JUPITER'S CHANGING NORTH EQUATORIAL BELT.
- Authors
Schmude Jr., Richard W.
- Abstract
New monthly latitude measurements of the northern and southern boundaries of Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt (NEB) are reported for 1995 to 2011. The latitudinal width oscillated with a period of about 4½ years during this time. This is similar to the behavior between 1896 and 1953 as reported in the literature. One new finding is that the width changed over a few months. The barge, a dark and almost rectangular-shaped spot, is the most well observed feature in the NEB. It was decided to investigate what affect the changing NEB had on the number and drift rate of barges. There is little correlation between belt width and the number of NEB barges. There is also little correlation between belt width and the average drift rate of NEB barges.
- Subjects
EQUATOR; JUPITER (Planet) research; ATMOSPHERIC boundary layer; LATITUDE; WIDTH measurement; DRIFT indicator
- Publication
Georgia Journal of Science, 2012, Vol 70, Issue 2, p92
- ISSN
0147-9369
- Publication type
Article