Red Spot: Meaning and Definition of

Red' Spot"

Pronunciation: [key]
— Astron. Astron.
  1. 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. Also called
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