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- From: wdb3926@zeus.tamu.edu (Danny)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: Jupiter's Red Spot Demo
- Date: 3 Jan 1993 21:18 CST
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- # I saw a demonstration on NOVA or the like that showed
- # how a large rotation bucket filled with a liquid
- # would produce something similar to the Red Spot of Jupiter
- # on the parabolic surface of the liquid.
- # .....
- # It seems like an ordinary dye in water would not give a
- # distinct spot. Does anyone know what might have been used for
- # the liquid?
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- The dye is injected into the water after a steady state is
- reached. This allows the dark spot to be seen.
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- # I haven't found any info in the literature on this demo yet.
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- See Scientific American 258:22 May 1988 and its references.
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- Dan
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