Jupiter! (no fooling)

Apr 01, 2006 12:46


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g_man95 April 2 2006, 02:48:47 UTC
Note the oblateness of Jupiter, due to the centrifugal force caused by it rotating once ever 10 hours. The fact that the planet is mostly liquid and gas helps a bit too. There's no discernable surface either...the atmospheric pressure becomes so great that gasses are eventually compressed into a liquid at varying depths around the planet. A probe we dropped down there in the 90s didn't even make it to the liquid part before it was destroyed by the heat and pressure. Crazy stuff eh?

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brendoodlepuss April 3 2006, 12:32:44 UTC
Gman - you are such a nerd. I love you

Brenda

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