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... 50 Greatest Mysteries . ... Hubble shows Jupiterт??s Great Red Spot is smaller than ever measured . ... GREAT RED SPOT . Jupiter s trademark Great Red Spot a swirling anti-cyclonic storm larger than Earth has shrunk to its smallest size ever measured. According to Amy Simon of NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope observations confirm that the Great Red Spot now is approximately 10,250 miles (16,500 kilometers) across. ... Bead Show | ...

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