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i cant see any other outcome possible to be honest
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Bamaisin
Look at it this way. A thermonuclear bomb works by both heating and applying extreme pressure to deuterium by means of a fission reaction surrounding it, squeezing it. In order for a self sustaining fusion reaction to continue the pressure has to be maintained, keeping the deuterium atoms in close enough proximity to fuse with each other. If there were sufficient pressure deep within Jupiter's atmosphere such a reaction would start on its own, it would not need a trigger.
There is not sufficient mass in Jupiter (far from it) to create the sustained pressure necessary to keep it going. A fusion reaction would send a shockwave through the Jovian atmosphere but it would be very short lived. A bit of fusion may (I don't know) occur near the detonation point but it would certainly not continue very long or over a very widespread region.
[edit on 2/18/2009 by Phage]
Originally posted by Bamaisin
reply to post by Anonymous ATS
In looking at info about Jupiter i found mentioin that its core is thought to be composed of metalic hydrogen, that is hydrogen under such pressure that it forms a metal. have you got any data as to how that would react to ignition or are you just getting "accepted facts" and repeating them as absolute truths?
i dont think anyone has done any actual studies on these types of reactions and anything that isnt tested would be akin to heresay or a theory, not a FACT???
There is not sufficient mass in Jupiter (far from it) to create the sustained pressure necessary to keep it going. A fusion reaction would send a shockwave through the Jovian atmosphere but it would be very short lived.
The probe was dropped to measure atmospheric density Even if you dropped a nuclear bomb into Jupiter atmosphere you would have to get it to the core for even hopes of causing a fusion reaction and due to atmospheric density would be crushed to a marble before it got there . We have witnessed meteors impact on the atmosphere causing huge explosions Jupiter Shu Maker Leavy produced 21 explosions equivalent to over 200 million Megatons of TNT ...and guess what it didn't create a fusion reaction. So choose to believe whatever wild speculations but in the future at least research it your self and see if it makes sense.
Originally posted by AllTiedTogether
reply to post by dragonridr
The probe was dropped to measure atmospheric density Even if you dropped a nuclear bomb into Jupiter atmosphere you would have to get it to the core for even hopes of causing a fusion reaction and due to atmospheric density would be crushed to a marble before it got there . We have witnessed meteors impact on the atmosphere causing huge explosions Jupiter Shu Maker Leavy produced 21 explosions equivalent to over 200 million Megatons of TNT ...and guess what it didn't create a fusion reaction. So choose to believe whatever wild speculations but in the future at least research it your self and see if it makes sense.
Here's a link ]that has some info about how a spot appeared on Jupiter approx one month after Galileo was dropped into the atmosphere. Again astronomers were hush about it but some pictures came out... do a search and you can find other sources should you not like Hoagland.
I have researched it and have seen proof of what I say... Have you got some other proof that says that Galileo didn't explode? Are they still in contact with it? They sent it into it intentionally with plans of using it as a nuclear device or has all the planning of this throughout the years just slipped by you? Is it coincidence that a scientist, a very prominent scientist, mentioned in three of his books plus, how this would be done almost exactly as it is happened and how it continues to happen? Arther Clarke... wrote some pretty interesting things before it happened. He also provided valuable science papers other than his "fiction" too. He must be a prophet.
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