is there any possibilities that the planet jupiter will become like our planet?..for living?..
2006-12-16 09:07:49 · 11 answers · asked by metalingus000 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. Its too big and is made of primarily methane gas. The winds are as fast as one-thousand miles per hour, and the pressure at the "surface" (where there might be a liquid ocean) would be so great so as to crush a human being, and the waves would be so big and so powerful as to make attempting to even try to go there with a manned landing craft insanely dangerous. It is much more likely that eventually we could colonize one of the moons of Jupiter, as that would make a lot more sense. It is possible that someday we could explore Jupiter, but with the limits of technology we have today, even if we could get there with a manned vehicle, it would simply be far too dangerous to attempt unless you were using remote control robot drones.
2006-12-16 09:14:32 · answer #1 · answered by Paul H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, there is a possibility that Jupiter will change in the future... but it may not be exactly what you are hoping for.
Jupiter has 318 times the mass of Earth, and is 71% hydrogen and 24% helium by mass, leaving 5% for heavier compounds. If one was to extract and remove all of the hydrogen and helium, there would be as much mass remaining as 16 times the earth.
In 4 billion years, the sun will enter its red giant phase, ands its heat output would be much higher; this extra heat might heat up Jupiter and evaporate the hydrogen and helium into space, turning the leftover bit into some rocky planet.
But will it be like Earth? Highly unlikely.
Besides, at that point, quickly after the relatively short red giant phase, the sun would turn into a white dwarf, and what ever is left of the solar system will be freezing.
2006-12-16 09:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jupiter is a gas planet. It can never be like the earth. If life were to exist there it might resemble giant gas bags that 'swim' in the atmosphere. Someone wrote a SiFi book on it, sorry can't remember the author or title. Gravity is very strong and the atmospheric pressure gets to be enormous lower down, winds are hundreds of miles an hour so our Gas-bag friends would need to be extremely tough!!
2006-12-16 11:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by Andromopina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think soo that there would be any possibilities that the planet jupiter will become like our for living.
2006-12-17 02:42:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jupiter's Gravity is so intense some of it's moons are constantly in states of geological turmoil. Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Etc.
There's no air, water, soil or anything that would help to make it sustainable.
Based on that other answer about the thousand mile an hour winds and huge waves of compressed toxic gas, I'm thinking it would be cool to visit, though.
2006-12-16 09:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by socialdeevolution 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Jupiter, nor any of the other gas planets, have enough heavy elements for them to become solid objects.
2006-12-16 09:11:54 · answer #6 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only is Jupiter uninhabitable due to the above reasons, but it's radiation is so strong that it's lethal to humans as well. Doesn't look like we stand much chance there really!
2006-12-16 11:59:11 · answer #7 · answered by Feckpot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jupiter is a gas planet, we can't even stand on it.
2006-12-16 09:09:37 · answer #8 · answered by Dana 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, first of all the huge-normous amounts of gravity would crush us, we wouldn't be able to move. second Jupiter's atmosphere= super toxic third Jupiter is a gas giant, meaning that most of its mass is atmosphere... we really don't know what the surface is like- but we know its uninhabitable
2006-12-16 09:10:45 · answer #9 · answered by Lucas W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Highly unlikely.
2006-12-16 09:10:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋