Now, as we know, jupiter's surface is covered in gaseous hydrogen; and we suspect that deeper down it will be liquid metallic hydrogen. Is it possible that a meteor struck the atmosphere of jupiter at a steep angle - slicing through the hydrogen layer and popping out of the other flank of the planet, leaving behind a large spot that has taken millennia to refill.
Just imagine, for decades Jupiter would have had a hole running right through its side. It's a shame that we didn't have the opportunity to send a probe in there.
Michael Kelly
would make sense with the smaller spot on the right as an entry wound and the larger spot as an exit...
Connor Stewart
Probably not.
Comets constantly crash into Jupiter, and by "crash" I mean they break into literal bits due to Jupiter's force.
You are underestimating the size and power of the planet.
Wasn't it confirmed that it's a huge hurricane anyway?
Josiah Diaz
That's an interesting theory. Maybe it was made by a big ass asteroid (dinosaur extinction level) going too fast to break up and hit extremely hard, and the hole left from the impact caused gas to pour in, starting a storm, and it spread from there.
Also, nice post number!
Adrian Powell
It would take something massive to actually penetrate jupiters atmosphere to that level
Hudson Nguyen
Like, how massive?
Carter Bennett
Almost as massive as ur mum.
Colton Martin
So 150lbs?
Carson Richardson
Yeah that sounds about right.
Jacob Hall
I remember in the early 90s when pop-science alarmists thought shoemaker levy was going to ignite Jupiter into a second sun. People are dumb and I hate them.
