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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 20 2009, 09:52 AM (691 Views) | |
| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 09:52 AM Post #1 |
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Detail of Jupiter's atmosphere, as imaged by Voyager 1. (False colour) |
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| CJ | Dec 21 2009, 09:24 PM Post #2 |
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Wow. I've seen plenty of pictures of Jupiter before, but none as close-up or as detailed as that one! |
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| Michelle | Dec 21 2009, 09:41 PM Post #3 |
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I know, it's so beautiful. |
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| CJ | Dec 23 2009, 11:57 PM Post #4 |
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Yeah, especially the Great Red Spot. It must be one hell of a storm, since it's twice the size of the Earth and has been going for over 350 years! |
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| Michelle | Dec 24 2009, 01:19 AM Post #5 |
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It's starting to disappear though. |
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That picture is actually pretty creepy IMO. So far it is impossible to get by Jupiter's magnetic field, right? This is one reason why we could not terraform it as far as I know. |
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| CJ | Dec 25 2009, 10:34 PM Post #7 |
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Oh? I didn't know that. Also, since it's a gas planet, there isn't really a surface that can be terraformed !
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| Michelle | Dec 26 2009, 05:33 AM Post #8 |
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![]() This cut-away illustrates a model of Jupiter's interior. In the upper layers the atmosphere transitions to a liquid state above a thick layer of metallic hydrogen. In the center there may be a solid core of heavier elements. |
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| CJ | Dec 26 2009, 07:50 AM Post #9 |
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METALLIC hydrogen?! What exactly is that??? |
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| Michelle | Dec 26 2009, 07:58 AM Post #10 |
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I dunno. That was what I was trying to say before. That they have metallic cores. |
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| CJ | Dec 27 2009, 10:28 AM Post #11 |
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Ah, OK. I didn't know that; I thought they were just rocky cores. Then again, I suppose rocks have lots of metal in them .
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| Michelle | Dec 27 2009, 11:06 AM Post #12 |
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umm I guess :S![]() NASA image of Jupiter aurora in UV, Hubble Space Telescope Bright streaks and dots are caused by magnetic flux tubes connecting Jupiter to its largest moons: Io: bright streak on the far left Ganymede: bright dot below center Europa: dot right of Ganymede dot |
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| CJ | Dec 27 2009, 11:08 AM Post #13 |
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Wow :o . I didn't know Jupiter had auroras too! |
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Is that why we can't land on Jupiter? Because it is made of gas? |
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| CJ | Dec 27 2009, 05:06 PM Post #15 |
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Yeah, there's no solid surface to land on . Also, gravity there is so strong (about three times as strong as on Earth) that we'd be crushed.Perhaps some of Jupiter's moons would be a better bet? |
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Will we ever find a way too, or is it pretty much deemed impossible? |
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| CJ | Dec 27 2009, 06:33 PM Post #17 |
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Well, even if we did find a way, there would probably be no point in landing on Jupiter. It's cold, and there aren't any resources to exploit there except hydrogen. Then again, we probably would be able to find a use for that .
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| Michelle | Nov 27 2010, 07:06 PM Post #18 |
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That could be an alternative energy source
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| Michelle | Dec 17 2012, 04:36 AM Post #19 |
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Red Spot is beautiful!
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| CJ | Dec 18 2012, 01:21 AM Post #20 |
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Yeah. Jupiter doesn't really look like Jupiter without it .
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| Michelle | Dec 18 2012, 01:43 AM Post #21 |
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Exactly! I believe it's lasted for over 300 years. |
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| CJ | Apr 13 2013, 02:19 AM Post #22 |
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It has, and nobody knows how much longer it's likely to last. Also, since it's a storm....I blame Eric for it .
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| Michelle | Apr 13 2013, 03:38 PM Post #23 |
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Um okay then |
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| CJ | Oct 29 2013, 01:03 AM Post #24 |
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Maybe. Of course, we'd need some way of shipping it over that doesn't use more energy then we'd get from the hydrogen - which seems pretty unlikely .
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