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Originally posted by ~widowmaker~
reply to post by wildespace
cool stuff,
jupiter is a gas giant, no? does that mean we can never land a probe on it? or at least ever cause a spark when we land , poof heh.
but no really , its got all the hydrogen and nothing has set it on fire yet, i dont get that.
Originally posted by WormwoodSquirm
Very nice! I can imagine hanging out on Europa in the future and looking up at the swirling storms of Jupiter in the sky! What a sight that will be.
Originally posted by ~widowmaker~
reply to post by wildespace
cool stuff,
jupiter is a gas giant, no? does that mean we can never land a probe on it? or at least ever cause a spark when we land , poof heh.
but no really , its got all the hydrogen and nothing has set it on fire yet, i dont get that.
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by wildespace
NICE! But, tell me, Jupiter is supposed to have 63 moons. I only see two in this image. The other 61 moons can't all be on the other side, can they?
Originally posted by wildespace
Originally posted by WormwoodSquirm
Very nice! I can imagine hanging out on Europa in the future and looking up at the swirling storms of Jupiter in the sky! What a sight that will be.
It would look spectacular, being 12 degrees across (24 times larger than the full moon). Europa is tidally locked to Jupiter, so Jupiter never moves in Europa's sky, it stays in one place. You can simulate the view in Stellarium: