# Jupiter Loses a Stripe! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311 "2010-05-13T16:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/21 "2010-05-13T20:03:56Z")
Wow, and the Red Spot is gone, too. That’s very dramatic. And I guess Jovian meteorologists will have to come up with a new forecast for the first time in a few centuries. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/22 "2010-05-13T20:11:17Z")
I hope Galactus isn’t eating it. We need it to catch the stray planet killers. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/23 "2010-05-13T20:26:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Wow, and the Red Spot is gone, too. That’s very dramatic. And I guess Jovian meteorologists will have to come up with a new forecast for the first time in a few centuries. It wasn’t just on the other side of Jupiter when that picture was taken? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/24 "2010-05-13T20:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > It wasn’t just on the other side of Jupiter when that picture was taken? This was my thought, too – Jupiter losing its Big Red Spot would be bigger news, I think, than losing a stripe. I suspect it’s just out of sight. Although that page _does_ report that the spot has been shrinking of late. But if it was gone, I think they would’ve mentioned that. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/25 "2010-05-13T20:44:58Z")
Global warming. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/26 "2010-05-13T20:51:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This was my thought, too – Jupiter losing its Big Red Spot would be bigger news, I think, than losing a stripe. I suspect it’s just out of sight. Although that page _does_ report that the spot has been shrinking of late. I thought one of the articles I read last night said the spot was gone, too. Maybe I misunderstood or picked up on an accidental implication. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/27 "2010-05-13T20:58:30Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Global warming. Are you sure you didn’t mean to post this as a comment on Yahoo? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/28 "2010-05-13T20:59:45Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Are you sure you didn’t mean to post this as a comment on Yahoo? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/29 "2010-05-13T21:48:08Z")
I’ve read that the Spot has been shrinking for some time now. I hope it’s not gone! ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311/30 "2010-05-13T23:10:38Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > “All these worlds are yours except Europa” I hope they are not detecting any large black rectangles in the area! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-loses-a-stripe/539311.md?page=1)