/sci/ - Science & Math

Its a gas giant. It doesn't have a surface.

bump, this is relevant to my interests

>>3106410

Well, that certainly clears things up. Thank you.

it's just gas fuck the captcnhas

Alright, alternative question. Are there any of Saturn's moons visible from Earth through a typical home telescope? Or are any visible on certain days, like how some planets are visible on certain days of the year?

>>3106410

That's like saying water doesn't have a surface

So.. would a solid object just go into the planet? Yes, but.. where will it stop?

>>3106448
In a gas giant, the distinction between the gaseous and liquid layers isn't well-defined. Instead, there is a transition-layer some hundreds of kilometers thick. Same with any kind of possible solid core. And of course with the vacuum/atmosphere boundary.

>>3106433
if you can see the planet you can probably see a moon or two, titan is Saturn largest its about two or three ring diameters out most of the time and its the brightest.
it can be seen with most small telescopes.

>>3106448
>water
>gas
>clouds have surface

Uh huh.

OH MY GOD GUYS WE SHOULD THROW A PLANET AT SATURN IT'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT THROUGH.

Saturn has a surface
What you see on the picture is the atmosphere
it is very large

>>3106456
It will sink until it reaches a point of buoyancy, which will happen long before it even comes close to touching what could be considered the "solid" core of Saturn.

Due to the enormous pressures, the core of Saturn is probably made out of layers of some kind of exotic materials like metallic hydrogen, or high temperature solid ice.

>>3108272
This paints an image in my mind of the lower bounds of Saturn's atmosphere being riddled with space junk.

I wonder if what's left of Galileo is floating around in Jupiter like this...

Here's a fun idea:

Colonize Venus with sky cities. Since the atmosphere of the planet is so dense, oxygen itself would serve as a buoyant material. You could literally have a metal ball filled with breathable air floating in the sky with no problem.

On top of that, while the surface of Venus is a death trap, the atmosphere is actually very earthlike in terms of pressure, temperature, and composition. You'd only be floating slightly below all of this. You could stand outside with minimal protection, discounting the issues of wind, of course. Which is in itself almost a benefit, just because the wind would serve as an excellent power source.

Your city gets punctured? Not a problem. Because of the similarity in air density you'd be floating in anyway, it would leak relatively slowly. You'd have that patched up in no time.

alternative question: if we combined all gas giants together would there be enough mass and force to start fusion?

Would it ever be possible to travel to the surface of Jupiter or Saturn?

>>3108332
Nope

>>3108403

Why would you bother?

We're talking molecule at the middle of the earth style pressure here, multiplied by a factor of... fuck, how much bigger than earth is saturn?

Point is, we don't even have the slightest idea how to hit our own core, let alone go plumbing saturn's. And why would we bother? It's not like we could conceivably have any use for high density metallic hydrogen apart from some bitchin' deutrium, which we could synthesize for a fraction of the price out of existing h3 by siphoning the gas atmosphere with a fucking hose.

>>3108428

I dunno, for a laugh; to say you've been there. Obviously there's no 'for a laugh' in space travel at the moment because of the monumental price and time scale involved though