re: Jupiter's faster than you think

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Nick Hoffman — 9/19/2004 6:44:46 AM (archived)

Couple of issues here.

If you're talking angular velocity (omega) then Jupiter is 2.4 times faster than Earth, but what is important is Doppler velocity, which depends on radius as well as angular velocity, so Jupiter being bigger, it has MUCH faster equatorial velocities.

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Has SETI found a gas-giant planet, instead of an ET radio-source? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/16/2004 10:27:18 PM
- Jupiter's fast, but not that fast - LJK - 9/18/2004 10:51:14 PM
  - re: Jupiter's faster than you think - Nick Hoffman - 9/19/2004 6:44:46 AM
- re: Has SETI found a gas-giant planet, instead of an ET radio-source? - LJK - 9/17/2004 3:32:19 PM
  - I'd have to did up some e-mail addresses. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/17/2004 5:42:50 PM
    - re: I'd have to did up some e-mail addresses. - LJK - 9/17/2004 10:51:09 PM
- Interesting idea - Fox - 9/17/2004 2:44:28 AM

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