Jupiter got hit again

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...jupiter/65647/

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:01:05 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...jupiter/65647/

Pretty cool...

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:48:15 PM UTC-6, palsing wrote:
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:01:05 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...jupiter/65647/

Pretty cool...

Jupiter, the vacuum cleaner of the solar system.

"The Solar System consists of Jupiter plus debris." -- Isaac Asimov

Gary Harnagel wrote:
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:48:15 PM UTC-6, palsing wrote:
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:01:05 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...jupiter/65647/

Pretty cool...

Jupiter, the vacuum cleaner of the solar system.

"The Solar System consists of Jupiter plus debris." -- Isaac Asimov


Maybe it's a different quote but I remember him writing. "Consider the
Solar System. Four planets plus junk."

On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 5:32:17 PM UTC-4, Mike Collins wrote:
Gary Harnagel wrote:
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:48:15 PM UTC-6, palsing wrote:
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:01:05 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...jupiter/65647/

Pretty cool...

Jupiter, the vacuum cleaner of the solar system.

"The Solar System consists of Jupiter plus debris." -- Isaac Asimov


Maybe it's a different quote but I remember him writing. "Consider the
Solar System. Four planets plus junk."

I would say the Solar system is the Sun, the four gas giants and the Earth. The Earth contains as much or even more mass as the rest of the inner solar system, the asteroids, Pluto and probably most of the planets' moons combined.

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:01:05 PM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...jupiter/65647/

I wouldn't worry about it, Jupiter will be fine. It's Jupiter, after all!

(They just don't make planets like that anymore.)

On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 3:32:17 PM UTC-6, Mike Collins wrote:

Gary Harnagel wrote:

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:48:15 PM UTC-6, palsing wrote:

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:01:05 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...jupiter/65647/

Pretty cool...

Jupiter, the vacuum cleaner of the solar system.

"The Solar System consists of Jupiter plus debris." -- Isaac Asimov


Maybe it's a different quote but I remember him writing. "Consider the
Solar System. Four planets plus junk."

You're right!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_from_a_Height

"The collection includes the essay 'By Jove!', the source of the Asimov
misquote describing the Solar System (besides the Sun) as 'Jupiter plus
debris'. The actual quote is 4 planets plus debris'"

I'll have to change my quote file :-(

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:48:15 PM UTC-6, palsing wrote:

Pretty cool...

The fact that it seems to have happened again makes it perhaps feasible to
consider putting a satellite in permanent orbit around Jupiter to collect
extensive observations around any such event in the future, to deepen our
understanding of Jupiter.

John Savard

On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:49:47 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc wrote:

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:48:15 PM UTC-6, palsing wrote:

Pretty cool...

The fact that it seems to have happened again makes it perhaps feasible to
consider putting a satellite in permanent orbit around Jupiter to collect
extensive observations around any such event in the future, to deepen our
understanding of Jupiter.

You mean like Juno?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_%28spacecraft%29

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