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From storms to cyclones at Jupiter’s poles

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The atmospheres of most planets in our Solar System have a single large cyclonic vortex at each of their poles. Jupiter with its polygonal cyclones surrounding a single one, however, falls out of line, owing to an energy transfer to larger scales.

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Fig. 1: Images of the polar vortices of Jupiter and Saturn.

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