Wizard's eye
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The Small Dark Spot, sometimes also called Dark Spot 2 or The Wizard's Eye, was a southern cyclonic storm on the planet
Neptune
. It was the second most intensive storm on the planet in 1989, when Voyager 2
flew by the planet. It disappeared in 1994.
Planet
A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times...
. It was the second most intensive storm on the planet in 1989, when Voyager 2
Voyager 2
The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space...
flew by the planet. It disappeared in 1994.
See also
- Extraterrestrial cycloneExtraterrestrial cycloneExtraterrestrial cyclones are cyclones found on other planets.-Venus:Venus has two large long-lived pairs of inverted anticyclones, one pair near each pole , discovered in 2007 by the Venus Express probe.-Mars:...
- Oval BA
- Great Dark SpotGreat Dark SpotThe Great Dark Spot is the name given to a series of dark spots on Neptune similar in appearance to Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The first one was observed in 1989 by NASA's Voyager 2 probe. Like Jupiter's spot, they are anticyclonic storms...
- Dragon Storm (astronomy)Dragon Storm (astronomy)Dragon Storm is a large, bright and complex convective storm in Saturn's southern hemisphere. The Saturnian storm appears to be long-lived and periodically flares up to produce dramatic white plumes which then subside...