<P> The oval object rotates counter-clockwise , with a period of about six Earth days or fourteen Jovian days . Measuring in at 10,159 miles ( 16,350 kilometers ) in width ( as of April 3 , 2017 ) Jupiter 's Great Red Spot is 1.3 times as wide as Earth . The cloud - tops of this storm are about eight kilometres above the surrounding cloud - tops . </P>
<P> The oval object rotates counter-clockwise , with a period of about six Earth days or fourteen Jovian days . Measuring in at 10,159 miles ( 16,350 kilometers ) in width ( as of April 3 , 2017 ) Jupiter 's Great Red Spot is 1.3 times as wide as Earth . The cloud - tops of this storm are about eight kilometres above the surrounding cloud - tops . </P>
how big is the giant red spot on jupiter
how big is the giant red spot on jupiter
10,159 miles ( 16,350 kilometers ) in width
10,159 miles ( 16,350 kilometers ) in width