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belt |
A dark band in a Jovian planet's atmosphere, encircling the planet. Gas here appears to be descending and warming. |
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Great Red Spot |
A reddish colored region in Jupiter's atmosphere, larger than Earth. It appears to be a stable atmosphere vortex, having been seen since some of the earliest telescopic observations in the 1600s. |
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Roche limit |
The distance from an astronomical body at which its gravitational force can pull apart another astronomical body. |
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resonance |
A condition in which the repetitive motion of one body interacts with the repetitive motion of another so as to reinforce the motion. Sliding back and forth in a bathtub to make a big splash is an example. |
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shepherding satellites |
Satellites that by their gravitational attractions prevent particles in a planet's rings from spreading out and dispersing. Saturn's F-ring is held together by shepherding satellites. |
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zone |
A white band in a Jovian planet's atmosphere, encircling the planet. It appears that in these zones gas is rising and cooling, forming cloud particles. |
