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Does rotation on their axis cause winds in gaseous planets?
As far as I know, as planets rotate around their axis, they can influence winds but not cause them (like the Coriolis effect)
However, does this apply only for rocky planets? Do rotation alone in ...
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Is there a link between the amount of swirling and vorticity in a gas giant's atmosphere and its distance to its Sun?
This is an empirical observation of mine:
I have noticed that out of the 4 gas giants in our Solar System, Jupiter's atmosphere has the most visible swirls and complex cloud patterns, followed by ...
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What is the difference between aurorae and electroglow?
One of the discoveries of Voyager 2 at Uranus was a phenomenon called "electroglow", which as I understand it is related to charged particles interacting with the atmosphere that cause the ...
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Why do gas giants have clearly delineated surfaces, whereas the Earth's atmosphere fades into space?
I've just seen this Forbes article.
Why do gas giants appear to have clearly delineated surfaces, whereas the Earth's atmosphere fades into space?
Is it just a matter of scale? Or is there some ...
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What would happen to the atmosphere of a rogue jovian planet?
Let's say we have a gas giant composed primarily of hydrogen and hydrogen-rich molecules that is ejected from its star system.
As this planet embarks on its potentially infinite journey out into the ...
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If gaseous planets have solid core, can they theoretically be considered as rocky planets?
I read that gaseous planets such as Jupiter and Saturn, have a solid core deep inside. So, I wondered whats the difference between them and rocky planets apart from the fact that they have - what can ...
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How can clouds form in Jupiter's atmosphere of Hydrogen and Helium?
Here is a graphic of cloud layers of Jupiter (source: Wikipedia):
There are three distinct cloud layers of ammonia, ammonium hydrosulfide, and water. The temperature and pressure conditions seem to ...
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