Abstract
On July 5, 2016, NASA’s Juno station began flying around Jupiter in a meridional orbit, having detected eight cyclones near the poles in latitude ±82° near the North Pole (NP) and five somewhat larger cyclones near the South Pole (SP). Both of these publications say that the origin of these cyclones is unknown. However, in the late 1960s, it was found that the four largest planets have an internal heat source, although that of Uranus is relatively weaker than the rest, for it is comparable to the heat flux from the Sun at their distances. The theory of convection of rotating fluids makes it possible, using additional arguments, to obtain estimates of diameters and velocities in cyclones that are comparable with the observed ones.
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I am deeply grateful to O.G. Chkhetiani for his attention to this topic, assistance in the work, and discussing its results, as well as to a reviewer whose comments and questions significantly improved the original text.
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Golitsyn, G.S. Simple Arguments for Jupiter’s Circumpolar Cyclones. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 57, 547–550 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433821060050
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