Time evolution data of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

Asked Jan 20 '21 at 08:07

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot fascinates scientists for ages, so it does me. Where can I find a table (e.g. as CSV-file) with the time evolution of longitude, latitude, horizontal and vertical extension of the Great Red Spot? I am sure somebody did already invest the time to extract such a time series from all available (historical) records and images, but it looks like I am searching a needle in a haystack.

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There is dozends of nice images and other sources around, for instance:

Why is the great red spot shrinking?
What is behind the Great Red Spot's longevity?
How is the height of the Great Red Spot measured?
NASA, 2018: Jupiter's Great Red Spot Getting Taller as it Shrinks, NASA Team Finds
Emmanuel Kardasis et. al.: The need for Professional-Amateur collaborations in studies of Jupiter and Saturn
projectpluto.com: Great Red Spot transit times, 2021

Longitude and latitude on Jupiter is not so trivial, see F. Bagenal & R. J. Wilson: Jupiter Coordinate Systems from 2016.

edited Aug 05 '21 at 11:39

uhoh

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asked Jan 20 '21 at 08:07

B--rian

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The NASA 2018 page leads to this paper: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaae01 The data for Figure 2 (variations in size and drift rate since 1880) is available as a txt file, but you could easily convert it to csv format. – Jean-Marie Prival Jan 20 '21 at 11:17
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Wow, that's a good start. What about the position of the spot (relative to magnetic reference frame)? That should exist only since recently. – B--rian Jan 20 '21 at 11:55
No luck so far... – Jean-Marie Prival Jan 20 '21 at 13:31
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@Jean-MariePrival any more luck? There's currently a bounty on this question. – uhoh Aug 04 '21 at 23:04
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@uhoh Once again thanks for your gratitude. – B--rian Aug 05 '21 at 11:28

Time evolution data of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

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