What drives the weather on Jupiter?
Inside JupiterThere is a lot of activity we see on Jupiter that we see on Earth. We see jet streams, large cyclonic elements, large anti-cyclonic elements and many elements of unpredictability and turbulence. We have discovered that some thunderstorms on Jupiter closely resemble clusters of thunderstorms found on Earth. Contrary to previous belief, these storms develop from the intense heat emanating from Jupiter’s core rather than from the sun. And these clusters of thunderstorms drive the planet’s weather system. Because of the heat reservoir of highly compressed hydrogen in the planet’s center, Jupiter emits nearly 70 percent more heat than it absorbs from the sun. This is what leads us to believe that the source of the stormy turbulence on Jupiter seems to be the planet itself.
There is a lot of activity we see on Jupiter that we see on Earth. We see jet streams, large cyclonic elements, large anti-cyclonic elements and many elements of unpredictability and turbulence. We have discovered that some thunderstorms on Jupiter closely resemble clusters of thunderstorms found on Earth. Contrary to previous belief, these storms develop from the intense heat emanating from Jupiter’s core rather than from the sun. And these clusters of thunderstorms drive the planet’s weather system. Because of the heat reservoir of highly compressed hydrogen in the planet’s center, Jupiter emits nearly 70 percent more heat than it absorbs from the sun. This is what leads us to believe that the source of the stormy turbulence on Jupiter seems to be the planet itself. Interestingly, the physical attributes of Jupiter’s vast thunderstorms are the same as those on Earth, except Earth’s storms develop because of the sun’s heat and Jupiter’s storms develop from its own internal heat source
