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The 'great dark spot' on Neptune - was discovered by the Voyager II spacecraft in 1989.

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Is neptunes dark spot a hole?

No, it is a storm, similar to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter.


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It was discovered in 1846.


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What are the similarities of jupiters great red spot and neptunes great dark spot?

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How many earths fit inside Neptunes dark spot?

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Neptunes surface features?

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When Voyager 2 did a flyby of Neptune in 1989, a Great Dark Spot was discovered. The spot was an anticyclonic storm very similar to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. However later Neptune's spot disappeared. It was concluded that the spot was only a temporary storm, unlike Jupiter which has been raging for hundreds of years before it was even discovered. Occasionally new spots appear on Neptune and vanish again hours later. Again, these are anticyclonic storms. Neptune is so far the stormiest planet discovered.


How was Neptune's Great dark spot''discovered?

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