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Thread started 06/14/17 11:47am

morningsong

Jupiter is old as heck.

Just thought you should know.



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https://phys.org/news/2017-06-evidence-jupiter-oldest-planet-solar.html

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Reply #1 posted 06/19/17 4:22am

XxAxX

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i was really surprised to find it's the oldest planet in our solar system. thought mercury would be or something

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Reply #2 posted 06/19/17 9:14pm

morningsong

You would think it would have taken longer but I guess there was a lot of chaos going on with the inner planets up until the debris thinned out and settled into stable orbits.
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Reply #3 posted 06/20/17 1:25am

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I wonder if George Lucas got the idea for the Death Star from looking at Jupiter? The Red eye could have given him inspiration for the giant laser. As well as the fact that Jupiter is a failed sun=dead/death star.
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Reply #4 posted 06/20/17 3:40am

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luv2tha99s said:

I wonder if George Lucas got the idea for the Death Star from looking at Jupiter? The Red eye could have given him inspiration for the giant laser. As well as the fact that Jupiter is a failed sun=dead/death star.



Jupiter isn't the most Death Star looking body in the Solar System - have you seen Mimas?

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Reply #5 posted 06/22/17 1:43am

luv2tha99s

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That's cool.
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Reply #6 posted 06/23/17 8:00pm

RJOrion

probably because in some circles, Jupiter is classified as a star...or a fallen star or failed star... due to it being composed of helium and hydrogen like the Sun, but too small to have the same power...

RIP Maurice White

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Reply #7 posted 07/10/17 6:34pm

morningsong

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Reply #8 posted 07/11/17 12:22pm

SteelPulse1

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Reply #9 posted 07/12/17 5:22pm

morningsong

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Reply #10 posted 07/12/17 5:25pm

Dasein

I went to the Boston University Coit Observatory recently and saw the red storms on Jupiter.


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Reply #11 posted 07/13/17 11:30am

morningsong

The Great Eye.

Juno spacecraft spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot

It needs sound effects.

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Reply #12 posted 07/13/17 12:13pm

SteelPulse1

Saw those pics today posted on the Juno site, wish it showed whats at the center .. someday we'll see that n thatll be amazing

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Reply #13 posted 07/13/17 4:02pm

morningsong

Well, NASA collecting the data now, but over time they'll analyze it and then several months from now we'll get all this information. They already know a lot of things that they didn't know before about the activity going on below the surface of the clouds even down to the core, so they will likely have a lot of information about what's happening inside the red storm.

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