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Comet that hit Jupiter
Category: Science > Astronomy Asked by: curiouso44-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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21 Sep 2006 17:29 PDT
Expires: 21 Oct 2006 17:29 PDT Question ID: 767454 |
If the planet Jupiter is supposed to be a "Gas Giant", why was there an explosion as if it were solid when a comet hit it a few years ago? |
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Re: Comet that hit Jupiter
From: qed100-ga on 21 Sep 2006 18:17 PDT |
You must be referring to the impact of Shoemaker-Levy 9 in summer of 1994. The comet's kinetic energy was extremely large. As the comet plowed through the atmosphere, it naturally lost that energy to the gases, producing violent, energetic heating & displacement of the clouds. |
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Re: Comet that hit Jupiter
From: oafpokie-ga on 21 Sep 2006 19:59 PDT |
Additional info here: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/gll29.html |
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