Astronomy & Space - October 2006

I was doing an informal project with some friends, and I *really* wound up with the wrong information about Jupiter and its Red Spot in particular....I believe it is still a *storm* of some sort, let's just put it that way, as it seems like all my other information was wrong. So:

--Roughly speaking, how *big* is the thing?
--How long (according to our best knowledge) has it been going?
--Do we have any idea how much energy the thing has in it? Things like wind-speed, direction of rotation, etc. I realize this can't be precise because of the distances involved, but I'd like to know the *correct* stuff this time (or at least as close to it as we can get, being here).

Thanks for your time! :)

2006-10-26 07:07:26 · 4 answers · asked by Bradley P 7

on sun nuclear fusion processing and H changing to He .but earth contain havier atom then He.

2006-10-26 06:41:17 · 13 answers · asked by vikastherealman 1

2006-10-26 06:28:34 · 20 answers · asked by o0ojazzo0o 4

Some scientist say, A big astroid had hit Earth Billions of years ago, but the Astroid also contained bacteria's. Billion years later, from those bacteria's, here we are! So the bacteria's might be from other planet that already had life. Your opinion?

2006-10-26 05:05:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, not "Aliens", but bacteria's. Do you think it exist? Scientist, found evidence bacteria under miles of thick ice in Antertica, and scientist say there might be bacteria in Europa, you agree? why or why not? whats your opinion?

2006-10-26 05:00:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-26 04:44:32 · 15 answers · asked by KANDE RAGHU V 1

what is present in the centre of a galaxy of very big size?

2006-10-26 04:43:09 · 5 answers · asked by KANDE RAGHU V 1

If there is an Outer Universe, then what is considered the Inner Universe, is it earth.... no then what?

2006-10-26 04:40:37 · 2 answers · asked by Paris, je t'aime 5

2006-10-26 04:32:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my astronomy class, my teacher said some say billions of years ago, some big asteroid hit earth and made a big hole in earth, so big, that the piece of earth was being separated from earth, but end up orbiting earth, and over the years it cooled down, and that's how the moon was formed. They said, some parts of the moon looked like it WAS full of "volcanic or molten rock" because some looked like a spot of smooth surface except right in the center, it was a thin straight rock, or small or "mini-mountain". What's your opinion?

2006-10-26 04:19:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Galileo Galilea

2006-10-26 04:19:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-26 04:13:01 · 20 answers · asked by bonehead 1

2006-10-26 03:24:28 · 12 answers · asked by rams 4

are there other planets more suitable? or is it easier to inhabit the moon?

2006-10-26 02:18:18 · 15 answers · asked by . 3

2006-10-26 00:50:01 · 12 answers · asked by shimmer 1

2006-10-25 23:52:04 · 13 answers · asked by Steph :-) 3

2006-10-25 22:39:56 · 14 answers · asked by dylodonnell 1

2006-10-25 22:00:07 · 20 answers · asked by The Kop 1

2006-10-25 21:53:58 · 23 answers · asked by SANJAY M 1

2006-10-25 21:47:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-25 21:27:02 · 6 answers · asked by sjibboleth 1

OK, if our sun is destined to expire and we know of other plantes close to earths environment (minus trees and water which can easilly be reproduced) then : if we gravitationally pull these plantes into a different point of orbit, say with our own earth ( but will that throw earth dangerously out of its own orbit of the sun ) or with a larger planet ( which we could draw closer to the sun to maintain a level of comfort of warmth) but beyond the reach of the iminent Red Giant the sun will become, would that save us for long enough to colonize other places to call home? whatever, I have too many questions.

2006-10-25 19:50:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-25 19:13:49 · 24 answers · asked by Chuck Dhue 4

What's the temperature of space?

2006-10-25 19:08:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

How far would hitting a ball this hard mean the ball travelled on Earth.

2006-10-25 18:34:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need to find the mass of Neptune and I have this data:

Planet Neptune , at closest approach , is about 29.1AU from Earth.
At that distance, Neptunes Angular Diameter is 2.3"
It's moon Triton moves in a circular orbit with an angular dimater of 33.6"
abd a period of 5.9 days.

So I know to use a modified version of Keplers law to get the mass but the
Angular diameters are setting me off...I don't know how they fit in!
Please help me!

2006-10-25 17:35:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How long is it, and how far is it from the sun?

2006-10-25 16:43:12 · 6 answers · asked by g0tbailey 2

Knowing that the universe is not infinite and the ever increasing sophistication of optical telescopes.Is it a future possibility that eventually we will only see empty space beyond the outer limits of the universe

2006-10-25 16:10:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-25 16:08:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The universe is and has been expanding outward rapidly for quite some time now. Surely there is only so much room for expansion right? Is there an end point of which expansion is no longer possible? What are the possible outcomes of this scenario?

2006-10-25 16:01:51 · 10 answers · asked by CarloS 2