What is the difference between a belt and a zone in astronomy?



What is the difference between a belt and a zone in astronomy?

I’ve got this: difference between belts and zones is the increased opacity and vertical extent of clouds in zones relative to their belt counterparts…
But seems hard to understand at the moment. Thank you.

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Published by Nikolai Alex on Jul 4, 2009 under Q-A

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3 Responses to “What is the difference between a belt and a zone in astronomy?”

  1. Comment by Ian P

    One is hot air rising(belt) and the other is cold air sinking(zone).

  2. Comment by Dougland

    one of them is hot air rising and the other is cold air falling, but i can’t remember which is which.

  3. Comment by Geoff G

    I know these as descriptive terms used to describe the bands in the atmospheres of the gas giants. Belts are dark in colour, zones are light in colour. I believe that in the darker belts we are seeing deeper into the atmosphere.