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Red Spot

noun Astronomy.

a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.

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Also called Great Red Spot.

Origin:
1875–80

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Red Spot

—n
	See Great Red Spot

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