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What would happen if an object larger than Jupiter hit Jupiter?
What would happen if a large non-gaseous body, equal to or greater than that of Jupiter hits with Jupiter?
My assumption is the larger body (name it as A) will have a large gravity and a large mass ...
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What would happen if an Earth-sized body encountered Jupiter?
As we all know Jupiter is a gaseous planet so what would happen if an Earth-sized object happened to encounter Jupiter?
Would Jupiter engulf the object and make it stay at Jupiter's core?
Would the ...
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What were the circumstances of this impact event on Jupiter in 2012?
I recently came across this video of an impact on Jupiter in 2012:
http://youtu.be/5-msU-YVb9E
Curious about its origin, I did some research and found that the video was taken at 11:35 UTC on ...
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