We Used 1800s Math to Solve One of Jupiter’s Biggest Mysteries

Jupiter's storms cover the planet, but the ones at the planet’s poles have mystified astronomers for years: why haven’t they merged together yet? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Marwan Hassoun, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/mayer-alfred.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/018013b0.pdf https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/ciot-sts092320.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/potn-soj090220.php https://www.pnas.org/content/117/39/24082 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00033797600200141 Images: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12878 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12880 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21641 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30907 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/videos/index.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23444 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/738/jupiters-southern-exposure-in-infrared/?category=planets_jupiter https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/736/cyclones-encircle-jupiters-north-pole/?category=planets_jupiter https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/science/saturn/hexagon-in-motion/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIA18274-Saturn-NorthPolarHexagon-Cassini-20140402.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V10_D140_Alfred_Marshall_Mayer.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Londonedinburg-114-115.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lord_Kelvin_photograph.jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21970 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21984 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA22931 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3520 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23605 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21972 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21975


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