What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
A massive, centuries-old storm
The answer was A massive, centuries-old storm. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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The Great Red Spot is a gigantic anticyclonic storm that has been raging in Jupiter's atmosphere for at least 350 years. It's so large that Earth could fit inside it more than once.
A good trivia question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- A massive, centuries-old storm - correct answer.
- An extinct supervolcano - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- A deposit of iron oxide on the surface - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- A shadow cast by Jupiter's largest moon - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
A massive, centuries-old storm is the one to remember. The Great Red Spot is a gigantic anticyclonic storm that has been raging in Jupiter's atmosphere for at least 350 years. The Great Red Spot has been slowly shrinking over the past century — in the late 1800s it was estimated to be about 40,000 km wide, roughly double its current size.
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Sources: NASA