Saturn lightning storm breaks the record in our solar system

A lightning storm is 3,000 km wide with 10,000 times stronger lightning than Earth's hurricanes. Operating for the past 8 months in Saturn, the lightning storm recorded a record in the solar system of the longest storm.

According to astronomers, lightning storms raging on Saturn from mid-January to now are the longest storm ever known in the solar system.

Georg Fischer, a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences team, said that Saturn's lightning is 10,000 times stronger than Earth. Lightning storm is also much larger than Earth lightning storm with a width of about 3,000km.

Saturn is captured by the Cassini spacecraft.

Storm eye Storm Alley

Saturn lightning storms often occur in about 350 south of Saturn equator, where scientists call it Storm (Storm Alley).

Presented at the European Space Science Conference held in Potsdam, Germany; Fischer said people still don't understand why the storm formed at this location.

Caltech's space weather expert Ingersoll (California Institute of Technology) said the researchers had never really seen lightning in Saturn. Rather, they discovered radio waves created by lightning using devices on the Cassini spacecraft, orbiting Saturn's orbits and its moons since July 2004.

The Tethys Saturn moon is seen near the storm zone Storm Alley.

Of course, Saturn exists the lightning currents that can be seen with the naked eye but cannot be observed because sunlight reflected by the Saturn belt has brightened the dark half of the planet and blurred the light. lightning.

It is also possible that lightning strikes deep beneath Saturn's atmosphere and prevent visible light.

Lightning storm lasts

Scientists are not sure how lightning storms form in Saturn or other giant planets like Jupiter. Ingersoll said that it should be similar to Saturn and Jupiter, but Jupiter's typhoon only lasted a few days. Fischer argues that Saturn's inner energy creates storm energy and creates vertical convection or heat exchange of water-containing clouds.

The Storm Storm Storm Alley with a width of over 3,000km.

Similar to Earth, this leads to the electrical charge of water molecules and thunderclouds growing.

Although scientists still do not know what sustains the storms, the storms are much longer than Earth is typical of Saturn.