<p>Basically because Jupiter is a gas giant and thousands of times more massive than the Earth. Everything on Jupiter is on a gigantic scale. The Great Red Spot for instance could accommodate several Earths, so that explains why you couldn't have a storm on Earth which came anywhere near that size. As well as heat from the sun, which is what drives the weather on Earth, Jupiter has a massive internal source of heat.</p>

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2019-09-13T12:06:07.810Z
I can't see why this was voted down.
StephenG - Help Ukraine
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2019-09-13T12:57:17.657Z
There are other considerations as well: Jupiter's rapid rotation (once per 10 hours or so) provided additional energy, while the lack of a solid surface removes a number of effects which tend to damp down storms on Earth after at most a few weeks.
Steve Linton
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2019-09-13T14:11:35.867Z
@StephenG It's a matter of principle with Astronomy Stack users to vote me down, because they know I'm not one of them and have a completely different mind set (thank God!!). The downvoting system is wide open to abuse, which is why I never use it.
Michael Walsby
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2019-09-14T02:42:52.107Z
@SteveLinton I don't know if you're intending these as reasons to downvote, but in case you are I'll state that I don't think that would be sufficient grounds to downvote.  Regardless it might be more useful to Astronomy SE in general if you could develop a proper answer explaining the relative importance of these factors.  It's not an area I have much detailed knowledge of myself.
StephenG - Help Ukraine
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2019-09-14T02:49:05.257Z
@MichaelWalsby I have voted down some of your answers myself and I think many of your answers, while well intentioned, have not been of a good standard.  Nonethless this answer seems appropriate to the question to me.
StephenG - Help Ukraine
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2019-09-15T02:10:04.043Z
Michael, I downvote (and upvote) based on the usefulness of an answer. Many of your answers are either wrong, or aren't useful because they're personal opinion rather than providing evidence-based science, and I therefore DV them. Occasionally you post a good answer and I upvote it. This one (IMHO) doesn't deserve a vote either way: it's not wrong, but it doesn't include key details such as the ones @SteveLinton [mentions](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/33357/storm-on-earth-vs-storm-on-jupiter#comment63039_33358).
Chappo Hasn't Forgotten
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2019-09-15T06:48:39.893Z
That still doesn't alter the fact that the downvoting system is wide open to abuse. Several site mandarins have in effect told me that: they couldn't understand why I was getting so many downvotes for a good answer..
Michael Walsby
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2019-09-13T08:43:09.863Z
2019-09-13T08:43:09.863Z
Michael Walsby
<p>Why is the storm on Jupiter much stronger than storms on Earth and why don't the storms on Earth get as big as Jupiter's great red spot </p>

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Storm on Earth vs. storm on Jupiter?
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# Storm on Earth vs. storm on Jupiter?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-13)

Why is the storm on Jupiter much stronger than storms on Earth and why don't the storms on Earth get as big as Jupiter's great red spot

**Tags:** earth, jupiter, cyclones

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-13. Score: 2

Basically because Jupiter is a gas giant and thousands of times more massive than the Earth. Everything on Jupiter is on a gigantic scale. The Great Red Spot for instance could accommodate several Earths, so that explains why you couldn't have a storm on Earth which came anywhere near that size. As well as heat from the sun, which is what drives the weather on Earth, Jupiter has a massive internal source of heat.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I can't see why this was voted down.  
> **username_3**: There are other considerations as well: Jupiter's rapid rotation (once per 10 hours or so) provided additional energy, while the lack of a solid surface removes a number of effects which tend to damp down storms on Earth after at most a few weeks.  
> **username_1**: @StephenG It's a matter of principle with Astronomy Stack users to vote me down, because they know I'm not one of them and have a completely different mind set (thank God!!). The downvoting system is wide open to abuse, which is why I never use it.  
> **username_2**: @SteveLinton I don't know if you're intending these as reasons to downvote, but in case you are I'll state that I don't think that would be sufficient grounds to downvote.  Regardless it might be more useful to Astronomy SE in general if you could develop a proper answer explaining the relative importance of these factors.  It's not an area I have much detailed knowledge of myself.  
> **username_2**: @MichaelWalsby I have voted down some of your answers myself and I think many of your answers, while well intentioned, have not been of a good standard.  Nonethless this answer seems appropriate to the question to me.  
> **username_4**: Michael, I downvote (and upvote) based on the usefulness of an answer. Many of your answers are either wrong, or aren't useful because they're personal opinion rather than providing evidence-based science, and I therefore DV them. Occasionally you post a good answer and I upvote it. This one (IMHO) doesn't deserve a vote either way: it's not wrong, but it doesn't include key details such as the ones @SteveLinton [mentions](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/33357/storm-on-earth-vs-storm-on-jupiter#comment63039_33358).  
> **username_1**: That still doesn't alter the fact that the downvoting system is wide open to abuse. Several site mandarins have in effect told me that: they couldn't understand why I was getting so many downvotes for a good answer..  

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