Friday, March 7, 2008

Jupiter


Jupiter, the large planet close to Mars.  In fact it is the largest planet in our Solar System.  Jupiter is classified as a gas giant (Jovian planet).  It is primarily composed of hydrogen with some helium.  There is a visible atmosphere and storms.  Jupiter has been explored by spacecraft, the latest spacecraft (New Horizons) exploration was in late February 2007.  In 1994 Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter.  This Comet was in many pieces ranging in size up to 2 kilometres in diameter and collided with a speed of approximately 60 km/sec.  Now with all this information do you think there could be life on this planet?
We know that the planet Earth was created with several impacts.  That is how it received the main elements for life.  Maybe Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts brought all the essential element to start life on Jupiter.     

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