Yet Another Storm on Saturn

esahubble_opo9453a December 21st, 1994

Credit: Reta Beebe (New Mexico State University), D. Gilmore, L. Bergeron (STScI), and NASA/ESA

This Hubble Space Telescope image of the ringed planet Saturn shows a rare storm that appears as a white arrowhead-shaped feature near the planet's equator. The storm is generated by an upwelling of warmer air, similar to a terrestrial thunderhead. The east-west extent of this storm is equal to the diameter of the Earth (about 12700 kilometres). Hubble provides new details about the effects of Saturn's prevailing winds on the storm. The new image shows that the storm's motion and size have changed little since its discovery in September, 1994.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9453a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Saturn
Subject - Solar System: Planet > Type > Gas Giant; Planet > Feature > Atmosphere > Storm

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ID: opo9453a
Subject Category: A.1.1.2 A.1.2.2.2
Subject Name: Saturn
Credits: Reta Beebe (New Mexico State University), D. Gilmore, L. Bergeron (STScI), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1994-12-21T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9453a/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9453a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9453a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:43:23+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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