context_saturns_temperatures_movie.mov (VIDEO)

Northumbria University

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shows the asymmetric temperature structure revealed in the paper, as it was observed from JWST. These are offset from where the currents flow into and out of the planet, but ultimately, the winds generated by this temperature offset are what drive those currents

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Image/movie credit: NASA/ESA/CSA, Tom Stallard (Northumbria University), Melina Thévenot, Macarena Garcia Marin (STScI/ESA).

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