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by Matt Ryall
Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:30 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Dark sizzling Sun (APOD 10 Jul 2006)
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Latitude of storms

I found it amazing how the storms seemed to cluster around 20-30 degrees north and south of the Sun's equator. Very similar to the tropical storms that develop in Earth's atmosphere near the tropics.

Is this just lucky timing, or something to do with the rotation of both bodies?