{"id":25681,"date":"2022-09-26T11:06:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=25681"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:06:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:06:03","slug":"exciting-discovery-of-heat-wave-in-jupiters-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/exciting-discovery-of-heat-wave-in-jupiters-atmosphere\/25681\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting discovery of a \u2018heat wave\u2019 in Jupiter\u2019s atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"
The heat wave extends 130,000 kilometres, which is ten times the diameter of Earth, and reaches temperatures of 700 degrees Celsius. The heat wave\u2019s soaring temperatures make Jupiter hundreds of degrees hotter than models have previously predicted.<\/p>\n
The scientists discovered that the wave of heating appears to stretch from Jupiter\u2019s Auroral Region, near the planet\u2019s Northern pole, to its equator in the centre.<\/p>\n
The researchers presented this exciting new discovery at the 2022 Europlanet Science Congress (ESPC) in Granada.<\/p>\n
The atmosphere of Jupiter is the largest in our Solar System and is made up of mostly molecular hydrogen and helium in roughly solar proportions. Each layer has different temperature gradients and have complicated structures, which means researchers have a low understanding of the banded structure.<\/p>\n
Famous for its characteristic, multicoloured vortices, the team have discovered that Jupiter\u2019s atmosphere is unexpectedly hot. Because its orbital distance is millions of kilometres from the Sun, scientists\u2019 predictions of Jupiter\u2019s temperature have fallen hundreds of degrees short.<\/p>\n
The gas giant receives under 4% of the amount of sunlight Earth receives, which means that theoretically, its upper atmosphere should reach freezing temperatures of minus 70 degrees.<\/p>\n
Despite predictions about a cold upper region, the cloud tops of Jupiter\u2019s atmosphere are measured at over 400 degrees per area.<\/p>\n