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Number 10 (Story #4), November 27, 1990 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein

SATURN'S GREAT WHITE SPOT continues to grow. Hubble Space Telescope pictures show that the spot, observed first by ground-based telescopes in September, is now about 6000 miles wide and whirls eastward at about 1000 mph. NASA plans to convert its data into a short film to show how this "storm of the century" on Saturn has evolved. (The Washington Post, November 21, 1990.)