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To: SunkenCiv

Sorry to bug you again, but I am completely unfamiliar with the Uranian/Jovian satellites (outside of Jupiter and Saturn). They should hold at least a few conspiracy-theory Zapruder Film-type clues. I noticed the article you cited only stated a "rocky" interior, surrounded by water ice and ammonia. No surprises there, but what is "rocky"? What holds a Jovian giant together?


101 posted on 08/24/2006 10:46:34 PM PDT by IslandJeff (Artificial Paradise)
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To: IslandJeff

Gravity holds 'em all together (whether rocky or gas giant or Pluton). Jupiter's satellites are much more numerous (60+) than we all learned in school, and many (most?) of them are in retrograde orbits, which is generally considered diagnostic of capture origin.

Jupiter's core?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1294934/posts?page=12#12


102 posted on 08/24/2006 10:55:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: IslandJeff

Oh, and from that same topic, there's also this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1294934/posts?page=10#10


103 posted on 08/24/2006 10:56:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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