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Article #6Re: Nuke Jupiter?
From: Frank Crary
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 07:07
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 07:07
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In article <1992Oct27.045418.5784@rvgs.vak12ed.edu> abond@rvgs.vak12ed.edu (Andrew H. Bond) writes:
> In my astronomy class we learned that Jupiter could
>have been a twin star to the sun if only it were a little
>bigger,
"A little" sounds typical of astronomy (the science in which 10 = 1...)
In this case, "a little" means a few dozen times more massive. By
>What
>would happen if a large number of thermonuclear weapons were
>used to ignite Jupiter? Could the reaction be self sustaining?
No, Jupiter isn't massive enough to sustain fusion, and a few thousand
nuclear bombs aren't enough to change this...
Frank Crary
CU Boulder
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!ub!csn!boulder!ucsu!ucsu.Colorado.EDU!fcrary From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Nuke Jupiter? Message-ID: <1992Oct27.070709.28569@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Date: 27 Oct 92 07:07:09 GMT References: <1992Oct27.045418.5784@rvgs.vak12ed.edu> Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: ucsu.colorado.edu