Yeah, if it takes a billion years to do one cycle

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Gary — 6/8/2005 5:09:02 AM (archived)

The time to complete one cycle is probably on the order of centuries or less (winds below the clouds are on the order of 540 km/hour). Jupiter's higher altitudes can be modeled with straight forward gas physics so ruling out life is a slam-dunk. It's not like Mars where people can wave their arms about hot springs or deep-dark life.

Gary

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Juno over Moonrise for the next NASA mission - SteveS - 6/6/2005 12:42:22 PM
- Juno is going to be SOLAR powered - ljk - 6/7/2005 5:40:25 PM
- Politics involved in Juno decision? - Buck Galaxy - 6/6/2005 4:28:33 PM
  - A few problems with Oceans... - Adam - 6/7/2005 11:07:09 AM
    - Adam has got it right - Gary - 6/7/2005 3:28:19 PM
  - re: I duno - SteveS - 6/6/2005 10:07:47 PM
    - Oceans on Jupiter - Buck Galaxy - 6/6/2005 10:53:05 PM
      - re: Oceans on Jupiter - SteveS - 6/6/2005 11:02:10 PM
        
        So how about life in the Jovian atmosphere? - ljk - 6/7/2005 1:27:37 PM
        
        Not possible - Gary - 6/7/2005 3:21:58 PM
        
        would depend on the convection rate, wouldn't it? - pwokenyaw - 6/8/2005 3:01:20 AM
        
        Yeah, if it takes a billion years to do one cycle - Gary - 6/8/2005 5:09:02 AM
        
        re: Yeah, if it takes a billion years to do one cycle - pwokenyaw - 6/9/2005 1:10:00 AM
        
        Buoyancy (n/t) - SDF - 6/8/2005 1:14:18 PM
        
        That's what's driving the convection cycle - Gary - 6/8/2005 4:30:17 PM
        
        Fish have buoyancy - SDF - 6/8/2005 4:40:13 PM
  - re: Politics involved in Juno decision? - ljk - 6/6/2005 5:58:17 PM
- Moon Pirates! - ljk - 6/6/2005 1:23:59 PM
  - re: You're having too much fun - SteveS - 6/6/2005 10:14:36 PM
    - Lunar regolith may be good for astronauts' bones! - ljk - 6/8/2005 5:22:00 PM

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