Giant planets of our solar system (malestrom)

The Great Red Spot GRS is clearly visible as is the prominent banding and the highlyturbulent cloud structure.. Alarge bright feature, known as a Great White Spot GWS, is clearly visible

Giant Planets of Our Solar System

Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure (Second Edition)

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to my children, Benjamin, Samuel, Emily and James,

and in loving memory of my father,

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Photodissociation of important giant planet gases

Evidence in favor of the core accretion model

Gravity waves and radius of deformation



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