{"id":27640,"date":"2021-12-15T13:17:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=102918"},"modified":"2021-12-15T13:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:36:14","slug":"whats-going-on-beneath-jupiters-clouds","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/whats-going-on-beneath-jupiters-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s going on beneath Jupiter\u2019s clouds?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lewis Dartnell\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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T<\/span>he pattern of circulation in Earth\u2019s atmosphere is pretty straightforward.<\/p>\n

The Sun warms air around the equator that rises, then rolls over through high altitudes before sinking down to the ground at latitudes near 30\u00b0 north and south (around a third of the way to the poles).<\/p>\n

From there the moving air blows across Earth\u2019s surface back to the equator.<\/p>\n

This is a giant convection current \u2013 just like the one that churns over the radiator in your living room \u2013 and the pair straddling Earth\u2019s equator are called the Hadley cells.<\/p>\n

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Jupiter\u2019s belts and zones<\/strong><\/h2>\n $\""An\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Beneath Jupiter\u2019s clouds<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n $\""Jupiter\u2019s\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>