#planet jupiter

2006 July 25

Jupiter's Two Largest Storms Nearly Collide

Credit & Copyright: Travis Rector (U. Alaska), Chad Trujillo (Caltech) et al., Gemini Obs., AURA, NSF

Explanation: Two storms systems larger than Earth are nearly colliding right now on planet Jupiter. No one was sure what would happen, but so far both storms have survived. In the above false-color infrared image taken last week by the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, the red spots appear white because their cloud tops tower above other clouds. Blue color represents lower clouds than white, while clouds colored red are the deepest. The smaller red spot, sometimes called Red Spot Jr. or just Oval BA, turned red earlier this year for reasons unknown. If both Jovian hurricanes continue to survive, they will surely pass near each other again in a few years since they revolve around Jupiter at different rates. Astronomers will continue to monitor Red Spot Jr. closely, however, to see if it will remain red when it rotates away from the larger Great Red Spot.

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA)

NASA Official: Jay Norris.

A service of: EUD at NASA / GSFC

Someone had a great theory/fact about this. They said:

“Jupiter is basically a dwarf star and made of the same ingredients that our sun is, just not big enough for the gravitational friction at its core to ignite the nuclear fusion process.”

This makes sent to me and might be true, but I’m not an expert, so if it’s true or have any more explanations about it.

Jupiter is one of the most beautiful planet in the cosmos. If anyone has some cool facts and theories, feel free to share!

The more I watch BBC, the more I am convinced that Geunseo designed SHJ based on the planet Jupiter itself rather than Zeus the Greek God, bcs tell me why Jupiter's inward spiral and its scattering of materials in space is so freaking similar with how SHJ has been universe-hopping & making his own existence unstable?

Watch:

According to the video, apparently Jupiter is collapsing very very slowly and that's what makes its environment is so extreme. It has constant thunderstorms, its lightning is thousands of times hotter than what we find on earth. The storm is driven by the leftover energy it has since the beginning of its formation as a planet, so Jupiter is gradually releasing its own energy out, and by doing that, its existence is slowly collapsing.

Doesn't that sound familiar?

According to the scientists, even though Jupiter looks so big & intimidating, its real mass underneath all that storm should only be around just 30% of its appearance.

And not just that:

When it was first formed, Jupiter was so big and so powerful that it almost wreak havoc of the formation of our solar system by swallowing other planets into its gravitational pull; notably the inner planets, including our earth. Its gravitational pull had made Ceres and Mars barren bcs Jupiter had sucked their space materials into its orbit.

That is until Saturn is formed. As the second giant planet in the outer space, it also has a big gravitational pull and Jupiter is stuck into it too and fortunately, Jupiter stays there; letting the inner planets forms in peace. If Saturn is not there, Jupiter would've gone wilding, sucking everyone in with its gravitational pulls.

Saturn's & Jupiter's gravitational pullings against each other is called Primordial Dance. In that dance, Jupiter apparently throws out the most important ingredient that helps formed our planet earth: water.

I find this really interesting. The more I watch the documentaries, the more I am convinced that Geunseo designed his characters with Space in mind.