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The Planetary Report • May/June 1984
Order from Chaos
On the Cover: The Great Red Spot dominates Jupiter's southern hemisphere, where it has been watched by Earth-based observers for 300 years. Turbulent eddies, such as the Great Red Spot and the white ovals seen here, are characteristic of giant planet atmospheres. They lie within and between the zonal winds, blowing east and west, that give Jupiter and Saturn their banded appearances.
Features
3 Asteroid Project Discovers Ten New Asteroids: Charlene Anderson shares the latest results of this Society-supported endeavor.
4 The Next Step to Mars: Michael H. Carr presents the science goals and missions in the pipeline for the Red Planet.
8 Order from Chaos: The Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn: Andrew P. Ingersoll examines some of the competing models of giant planet atmospheres.
Departments
7 Q&A Why are Neptune and Uranus green while Jupiter and Saturn are yellow?
12 News & Reviews Revealing new worlds; touring Venus.
13 World Watch Resolutions in Congress; cooperation in space.
14 Society Notes Extraterrestrial symposium; SETI in Congressional Record.
The Planetary Report • May/June 1984
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