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Old 01-04-2005, 11:37 AM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally posted by iceman

He spotted 3 of the 4 dark bands and of course easily spotted the 4 moons which were grouped 2 on each side, 2 close together on the left and 2 further apart on the right.

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Mike,

I am not trying to be picky and I know you only used the term bands for convenience but for the new people to Astronomy that read the forum I think its a good idea to try and use the correct terms.

Jupiter has only 1 band and that is the "Equatorial Band" which is a thin dark band that runs around the centre of the planet. The "dark bands" are known as belts and the "lighter bands" are known as zones.

For those interested I have attached a diagram showing the belt and zone structure of Jupiter.

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John Bambury
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