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Why With Nye: The Great Red Spot (Episode 4)

1 minutes 53 seconds

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Bill Nye goes deep inside Jupiter’s mysterious Great Red Spot. First discovered over three centuries ago, this super storm is a gigantic, swirling mass of gas and clouds that is bigger than three Earths combined. NASA’s “Juno” mission hopes to reveal many of the secrets of the Great Red Spot. Part of the “Why With Nye” series.

Media Details

Runtime: 1 minutes 53 seconds

Satellite orbiting around a planet. Caption: The Juno spacecraft is powered by light from the sun.
Why With Nye
Episode 1
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram showing the different orbits of planets. Caption: And today, it’s falling back toward the Earth,
Why With Nye
Episode 2
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Satellite orbiting around Jupiter. Caption: And that will help us figure out what's inside.
Why With Nye
Episode 3
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A ball between two bands. Caption: As the bands move, the Great Red Ball stays still.
Why With Nye
Episode 4
1 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man teaching at a table. Caption: The Sun and Jupiter have a lot in common.
Why With Nye
Episode 5
1 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Satellite in close proximity to Jupiter. Caption: to steer Juno precisely on course.
Why With Nye
Episode 6
1 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Picture of Jupiter with muscular arms. Caption: Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field--
Why With Nye
Episode 7
1 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Planet Jupiter being shown next to Earth. Caption: Jupiter is bigger than all of the other planets combined.
Why With Nye
Episode 8
2 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12