Jupiter’s magnetic field and its tremendous X-ray auroras are considerably more powerful than mainstream astronomical models predict. Attempts to explain the colossal electromagnetic Jovian environment is a poignant symbol for institutionalized science today—a clear case of observational data refusing to fit traditional models.
An example is found in a recent paper on the anomalous, roughly periodic phenomena in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Scientists—focused on an area of Jupiter dubbed the “Great Blue Spot”—were surprised the jet displayed “wave like fluctuations” that predictably repeated in almost four-year periods.
It’s a big problem for standard theory. According to a phys.org report, “…the fluctuations might be related to convection-driven flows from within the metallic hydrogen pool that makes up a part of the planet’s inner atmosphere. But such a jet would almost certainly have periodicity in centuries, not years…more data from Juno will better characterize the fluctuations found, perhaps leading to a better understanding of the planet’s dynamo.”
Independent researcher Stuart Talbott ponders how such a statement as “better understanding of the planet’s dynamo” can blatantly appear in science media—much less scientific literature—since the magnetic field of any planet powered by an internal dynamo is NOT settled science.
