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Jupiter is melting, scientists say
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| 3/22/2012
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Posted on 04/05/2012 2:15:27 AM PDT by U-238
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To: Conservative_Jedi
Whatever it takes. We have to dismantle it to save it. That’s “obama’s Rule.”
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posted on
04/05/2012 9:38:42 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: Alas Babylon!
Another thing to think about is that Jupiter, due to its massive size and gravity well, is a magnet and vacuum for all kinds of space debris such as asteroids and comets, and is in such a position to literally shield the Earth from most life-itself-threatening bodies from striking us.
You are correct and this is a excellent post.
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posted on
04/05/2012 7:39:42 PM PDT
by
U-238
To: fred42
Jupiter does not have a molten core.Jupiter probably does not have a solid core. Jupiters core contains some rock and hydrogen metals. Scientists can not be 100 percent certain if deep within the planet there is a solid core or not, but based on gravitational measurements compared with Earths, the best educated guesses possible based on those measurements say there is no solid core.
http://www.universetoday.com/47966/jupiters-core/
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posted on
04/05/2012 7:51:43 PM PDT
by
U-238
To: fred42
Jupiter does not have a molten core.Jupiter probably does not have a solid core. Jupiters core contains some rock and hydrogen metals. Scientists can not be 100 percent certain if deep within the planet there is a solid core or not, but based on gravitational measurements compared with Earths, the best educated guesses possible based on those measurements say there is no solid core.
http://www.universetoday.com/47966/jupiters-core/
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posted on
04/05/2012 7:51:49 PM PDT
by
U-238
To: All
Since very little is known about the composition of Jupiters core or even if it still exists, the JUNO space mission was launched on August of 2011. It should arrive in orbit around Jupiter in 2016. The purpose of the mission is to orbit the poles and clear up some of the mysteries surrounding the planet and the entire Jovian system.
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posted on
04/05/2012 7:57:00 PM PDT
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U-238
To: U-238
Oh, nose!
To: Revolting cat!
They need to fix the sign. Have you seen it fully operational? The dot above the “i” is the planet with the Great Red Spot.
To: U-238
hmmmm....Hasn’t the great storm (the great eye) on Jupiter been stable and in place for hundreds of years? If there’s an instability affecting the Jovian ‘weather’, it must be happening too slowly for humans to need to care about it.
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posted on
04/05/2012 8:15:44 PM PDT
by
citizen
(Santorum: Man up, stop being selfish and get the hell out. Dragging this thing out only helps Obama.)
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04/06/2012 1:24:26 PM PDT
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An “extra, extra” ping to the APoD list members. Thanks U-238.
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04/06/2012 1:27:09 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: U-238
It's shrinking! It's shrinking!
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posted on
04/06/2012 1:44:57 PM PDT
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hattend
(Jesus wants me to make churches pay for abortions. - Barack Obama)
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04/06/2012 10:39:04 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: hattend
I read somewhere that if Jupiter were a bit bigger...it would collapse and create a star......if this happens I guess we are all cooked.
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