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1 posted on 07/26/2009 5:15:10 PM PDT by JoeProBono

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Jupiter is like a giant vacuum for the inner planets, it sucks up a ton of debris that might otherwise hit us.

2 posted on 07/26/2009 5:21:14 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")

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Damn that’s right about the same latitude that Shoemaker Levy pounded Jupiter as well. Being a southern hemisphere jovian is a rough job.

5 posted on 07/26/2009 5:38:35 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Only feces and dead fish go with the flow.)

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Such a drama queen, that Jupiter. Always showing off its scars to anyone who will look.

6 posted on 07/26/2009 5:39:19 PM PDT by Yardstick

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I suppose it's a waste of time to check to see if anyone made a Uranus joke yet.



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7 posted on 07/26/2009 5:50:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)

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Jupiter: Our Cosmic Protector?
(How the planet protects us from cosmic disaster)
New York Times | 7/26/2009 | Dennis Overbye
Posted on 07/26/2009 7:02:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2301693/posts

24 posted on 07/26/2009 8:28:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)

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