http://www.universetoday.com Space and astronomy news Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/jupiter/does-jupiter-have-a-solid-core/comment-page-1/#comment-45288 Kemp Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:43:53 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?page_id=14470#comment-45288 For what it's worth I'll quickly say that I believe that Jupiter has a mega ocean of liquid water , the surface of which lies about 180 miles below the visible cloud tops. I base this upon the results of the Galileo probe, the Shoemaker-Levy Comet impact observations, and my research into the equations of state– as poorly known as they are. After years of gas giant baloney it doesn't surprise me that they now talk about ice on top of a rocky core. My main point is that if any planet has liquid water oceans it is surely Jupiter (and Saturn for that matter). I am quite sure that Jupiter is rife with life. Even without oceans! Look at the colors and the details in the atmosphere. And as algae and life have even affected the plate tectonics of this planet so goes the layers of Jupiter. People go on and on about life on Jupiters moons—look at the planet folks! I hope the next probe we send in has cameras on a gradually descending balloon . And I don't think it was neccessary to ditch Galileo and it's plutonium packs into the planet the way they did! A rather cavalier and wreckless an action. For what it's worth I'll quickly say that I believe that Jupiter has a mega ocean of liquid water , the surface of which lies about 180 miles below the visible cloud tops. I base this upon the results of the Galileo probe, the Shoemaker-Levy Comet impact observations, and my research into the equations of state– as poorly known as they are. After years of gas giant baloney it doesn't surprise me that they now talk about ice on top of a rocky core. My main point is that if any planet has liquid water oceans it is surely Jupiter (and Saturn for that matter). I am quite sure that Jupiter is rife with life. Even without oceans! Look at the colors and the details in the atmosphere. And as algae and life have even affected the plate tectonics of this planet so goes the layers of Jupiter.
People go on and on about life on Jupiters moons—look at the planet folks! I hope the next probe we send in has cameras on a gradually descending balloon . And I don't think it was neccessary to ditch Galileo and it's plutonium packs into the planet the way they did! A rather cavalier and wreckless an action.

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