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4668447 No.4668447 [Reply] [Original]

look at this. this is a .gif of jupiter's growth over the last 30 years. what will we do when it grows big enough to engulf the earth?

is there any way to stop it or slow down the growth?

>> No.4668457

but jupiter is actually shrinking, this gif is played backwards!

>> No.4668461

throw a jupiter made of ice at it

>> No.4668462

>>4668447

Or it's just getting closer in it's orbit.

>> No.4668465
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Look at all that FLUID DYNAMICS going on

>> No.4668472

We can slow it by seperating it into two or more Jupiters. That may be our only hope for the future.

>> No.4668474

it looks like that central band of gasses is moving waay faster then everything else

>> No.4668484

Its gonna turn into ICE sun and then collide with our FIRE sun.

>> No.4668491

>>4668484
yeah, sure. then it will engulf the whole universe.

>> No.4668527

>>4668472
>mfw 2 Jupiters will only double the growth

>> No.4668541

Anymore gifs like this one? Planets rotating and the like?

>> No.4668543

>>4668474
Because it is.

>> No.4668602

>>4668543
do you know why that is

>> No.4668618

it could become a star couldnt it?

>> No.4668661
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>>4668602
because its a bad hurricane

>> No.4668667

>>4668618
planets cant become stars

at least i dont think

>> No.4668681

>>4668667
if it gains enough mass? and its made out of mostly hydrogen and helium anyway no?

>> No.4668688

>>4668681
its still no where near massive enough

>> No.4668707

>>4668688
How massive would it have to become? Not very star savvy so I'm not sure how much mass would be required to create a "insert color" dwarf? Or are "insert color" dwarves just phases of a star's lifespan?

>> No.4668725

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

About 75times more massive to produce fusion

>> No.4668733

>>4668725
Interesting. Could we mount some giant thrusters on the other gas giants and steer them into Juptier so we can have two suns?

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>>4668725
>a question
>being answered
>on /sci/

>> No.4668740

>>4668733
lol

>> No.4668958

>>4668733
This happened in one of the Space Odyssey novels.

The aliens shot Jupiter with some shit (can't remember the technobabble explanation) and it turned into another (smaller) sun.

They did in order to encourage the growth of life on Europa or something.