 Another object impacts Jupiter |
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 Jul 21 2009, 05:16 PM
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Exactly 15 years after fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted Jupiter, another object has created a sizable thermal event in it's atmosphere...
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-112 |
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Jul 21 2009, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE(Sagebrusher @ Jul 21 2009, 07:16 PM)  Exactly 15 years after fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted Jupiter, another object has created a sizable thermal event in it's atmosphere... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-112 I saw that... Pretty fascinating. They said it was the size of earth!  -------------------- Tylor
Aspiring Meteorologist, Now living at millersville university Computer models and other important sites: http://southeastpaweather.blogspot.com/ Average: 23" 2008-2009 34" 148% of normal 2009-2010 74" 322% of normal 2010-2011 42" 183% of normal Coldest Temp: 10 Average: 40.1" Rainfall...32.10" (may be off by 1-2") well above average this year... Havent updated since Late july! |
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Jul 24 2009, 01:41 PM
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Bear in mind, the object that hit Jupiter was tiny, probably less than 1 mile across, but the thermal plume it created in the atmosphere was the size of the earth. If the object itself was the size of Earth, I would be worried about a whole lot of stuff coming into the inner solar-system from the impact.
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Jul 29 2009, 12:52 PM
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QUOTE(Sagebrusher @ Jul 24 2009, 03:41 PM) Bear in mind, the object that hit Jupiter was tiny, probably less than 1 mile across, but the thermal plume it created in the atmosphere was the size of the earth. If the object itself was the size of Earth, I would be worried about a whole lot of stuff coming into the inner solar-system from the impact. Still, the thermal plume being the size of earth... I feel so small 
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Jul 29 2009, 01:47 PM
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Supposedly they are now thinking that the impacts that jupiter took may have an impact in the future for us.
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Aspiring Meteorologist, Now living at millersville university Computer models and other important sites: http://southeastpaweather.blogspot.com/ Average: 23" 2008-2009 34" 148% of normal 2009-2010 74" 322% of normal 2010-2011 42" 183% of normal Coldest Temp: 10 Average: 40.1" Rainfall...32.10" (may be off by 1-2") well above average this year... Havent updated since Late july! |
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Jul 29 2009, 10:01 PM
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wow now that is scary
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Jul 31 2009, 12:33 PM
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QUOTE(so_whats_happening @ Jul 29 2009, 03:47 PM) Supposedly they are now thinking that the impacts that jupiter took may have an impact in the future for us. Can you elaborate, or provide a source? |
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Jul 31 2009, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE(Sagebrusher @ Jul 31 2009, 02:33 PM) Can you elaborate, or provide a source? Heard it on my local news a couple days ago. From NBC 10 philly. I don't if they will have it or not. -------------------- Tylor
Aspiring Meteorologist, Now living at millersville university Computer models and other important sites: http://southeastpaweather.blogspot.com/ Average: 23" 2008-2009 34" 148% of normal 2009-2010 74" 322% of normal 2010-2011 42" 183% of normal Coldest Temp: 10 Average: 40.1" Rainfall...32.10" (may be off by 1-2") well above average this year... Havent updated since Late july! |
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Aug 24 2009, 02:37 AM
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QUOTE(so_whats_happening @ Jul 31 2009, 06:59 PM) Heard it on my local news a couple days ago. From NBC 10 philly. I don't if they will have it or not. Real Astronomical authorities 
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Sep 13 2012, 01:34 AM
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QUOTE(Sagebrusher @ Jul 21 2009, 05:16 PM) Exactly 15 years after fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted Jupiter, another object has created a sizable thermal event in it's atmosphere... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-112 Another one! I am sure glad we have Jupiter and the Sun to vacuum up the vacuum  http://cosmicdiary.org/fmarchis/2012/09/10...all-on-jupiter/ |
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Sep 15 2012, 09:55 AM
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QUOTE(Sagebrusher @ Sep 13 2012, 02:34 AM) Another one! I am sure glad we have Jupiter and the Sun to vacuum up the vacuum http://cosmicdiary.org/fmarchis/2012/09/10...all-on-jupiter/ Yeah, I saw that. Pretty cool that it was spotted by an amateur! -------------------- "All our lives we sweat and save building for a shallow grave." J.D. Morrison
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Oct 7 2012, 12:14 AM
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QUOTE(vomit @ Sep 15 2012, 10:55 AM) Yeah, I saw that. Pretty cool that it was spotted by an amateur! It's a good thing Jupiter is such a gravitational magnet. I know the planets from Jupiter on out are considered 'gas giants'. Is there any hard surface at the center of the gas giants? -------------------- Never too old to have a happy childhood! ....................Don't put an age limit on your dreams! |
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Nov 29 2012, 10:41 PM
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QUOTE(mmi16 @ Oct 7 2012, 01:14 AM) It's a good thing Jupiter is such a gravitational magnet. I know the planets from Jupiter on out are considered 'gas giants'. Is there any hard surface at the center of the gas giants? Maybe at the point in which the hydrogen gas gets compressed into a solid state from the pressure. There may also be a rocky/metallic core underneath the solid hydrogen, too, or it could all be mixed together. This post has been edited by Sagebrusher: Nov 29 2012, 10:48 PM |
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Dec 14 2012, 07:32 AM
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QUOTE(Sagebrusher @ Nov 29 2012, 10:41 PM) Maybe at the point in which the hydrogen gas gets compressed into a solid state from the pressure. There may also be a rocky/metallic core underneath the solid hydrogen, too, or it could all be mixed together. Or......maybe......just maybe it's a creamy nougat center? Or would that be on Mars.....get it? A Mars bar? (Rim shot)...... "Thank you ladies and Germs for that wonderful ovation....." -------------------- "All our lives we sweat and save building for a shallow grave." J.D. Morrison
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