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Great Spot! It's shrinking!

A2597A2597 Fanboy
in Zocalo v2.0
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/04/02/jupiter.red.spot.shrinking/index.html[/url]

Well now, thats interesting. A storm 3 times the size of earth finally blowing itself out?

Comments

  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    Fascinating!
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    It should only take a few hundred more years to blow itself out. Almost there!
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    Saturn's rings, the great red spot, continental drift... another few million years, and the whole damn system will have gone to hell.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    My god, it's full of stars!
  • HuntSmackerHuntSmacker Firstones Ambassador to Starcraftia
    It's not purple!
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    Think its due to global warming?
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Nah the great spot is shrinking and fading since it got laid off from work. ;)
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    Its actually being eaten by monoliths
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    Hence the "My god, it's full of stars" comment..

    All these worlds are yours except europa
    attempt no landing there.
  • whitestar90whitestar90 Elite Ranger
    So Arthur C Clarke was right, I wonder where he got his information from?
  • PSI-KILLERPSI-KILLER Needs help
    After blowing for so hard and long it shrinks in the end.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    I think some of you are failing to grasp the severity of this phenomenon.

    This means that we are going to get a second star in this solar system.

    So much for lowering CO2 emissions. It's all in vain.

    We are all going to die a horrible death!! :shadow1:
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Alright, here comes mr. boring to lay a lid on jokes such as this. :p

    Spoiler: According to [url=http://www.earthsky.org/faq/is-jupiter-a-failed-star]this site[/url], Jupiter would need to 80 times more massive to actually start the process of becoming a new star, not quite what the urban legend tells, right. ;)

    Were all going to die a horrible death anyway though.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    Well, the monolith may just be powerful enough to start that fire. :D
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    I suppose in one sense you could consider all Jovian-type planets failed stars, in that they failed to accrete enough matter to ignite thermonuclear fusion, but really its semantics
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Yep, in that way of thinking our earth is also a failed star.
  • whitestar90whitestar90 Elite Ranger
    Only by about 300,000X or so
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    But if we crash a couple gas giants into the Earth, it could become a star.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    You would need about 60-80 Jupiter masses.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    If we crash the entire Sol system into the earth (including the sun), it could become a star.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    If we throw RC off the planet we'll need several hundred more masses to become a star
  • JohnnyOnTheSpotJohnnyOnTheSpot Banned by request
    I thought this was about the size of my...head. >_<
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