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Why does Jupiter have a red spot on it and what is it called?
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September 29, 2015 9:50AM
The "Great Red Spot of Jupiter" as it is called, is an anticyclonic storm which has been raging on the planet for hundreds of years. Nobody knows how long the storm has existed for exactly, but it was discovered in 1831.
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