Is there any one knows ,cause of opposite rotation of clouds in surface of planet JUPITER?
The clouds on Jupiter are like the zonal bands on Earth. In the absence of continents or other obstructions, the atmospheres of planets tend to set up these orderly circulation patterns. These belts form, and each one has a different speed. This happens because the heating at the equator creates a pressure difference between the equator and the poles. On Jupiter these bands are particularly strong. The pattern is very stable, but the specific pattern you get depends a lot on chance. None of the bands are really moving backwards, but some are moving faster than others. Jupiter’s rotation speed is defined by averaging out the motion of all the bands, so some of the bands are moving slower than Jupiter’s rotation. This is what it really means to say that the belts are moving “backwards”. The bands alternate between backwards and forwards because that’s how the belt boundaries are defined.
