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  • Which planets have wind? 🌬️🪐

    Which planets have wind? 🌬️🪐

    Jupiter has super strong winds and massive storms, including the iconic Great Red Spot, a storm bigger than Earth! At the poles, winds can reach up to 1440 km/h.

    Saturn is even windier! It has some of the fastest, but not the fastest winds in our Solar System blow. Winds here can reach 1800 km/h.

    Venus has super-rotating winds that race around the planet up to 60x faster than Venus itself spins. That’s way faster than Earth’s winds, which top out at 10–20% of our planet’s rotation speed.

    Mars has a thin atmosphere, so winds are usually gentle. But during dust storms, they can kick up to around 100 km/h.

    Neptune holds the record for the fastest winds in the Solar System, blowing at over 2000 km/h!

    For context: the fastest wind ever recorded on Earth? 408 km/h—during a massive tornado in Australia.

    📹 European Space Agency (ESA)
    📸 ESA/Voyager 2, NASA, NSSDC Photo Gallery ID P-34709C

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  • “Is there wind on the Moon?” 💨

    “Is there wind on the Moon?” 💨

    Short answer: no. No wind, no rain, no snow.

    With only a very thin atmosphere, and no magnetic field, the Moon can’t protect itself from the elements that come from outer space, making the outlook look bleak for our grey companion.

    What the Moon does experience is solar wind, a stream of tiny particles coming from the Sun.

    During some parts of the month, Earth’s own magnetic field partially shields the Moon from the stream of solar wind particles that constantly bombard it.

    📹 European Space Agency (ESA)
    📸 ESA/NASA

    #ESA #Space #Moon