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Exoplanets: Huge, tornado-like storms may develop in sets of four
Simulation of a modon on an exoplanet, with storms that rotate in reverse instructions at reverse poles J. W. Skinner, Queen Mary College of London and J. Y-Ok. Cho, Flatiron Institute
Some big planets might have two huge pairs of storms that fire up their atmospheres. These colossal {couples}, referred to as modons, spin in reverse instructions and are anticipated to fully dominate the dynamics of their worlds.
Many large exoplanets that orbit near their stars, referred to as sizzling Jupiters, are anticipated to turn out to be tidally locked, which means that the identical facet of the planet faces the star always. As a result of the warmth from the star is …