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Woah how’s that even possible? How does the fluid pick up so much kinetic energy? I’m not saying they’re wrong, I’m just fascinated.
by ziofill 2y ago
Woah how’s that even possible? How does the fluid pick up so much kinetic energy? I’m not saying they’re wrong, I’m just fascinated.
- est 2y agoI guess a gas giant means there's super strong electro-magnetic field.
- saagarjha 2y agoPossibly solar radiation?
- pfdietz 2y agoThe gas is probably mostly hydrogen. Hydrogen accelerated through a thermal rocket can reach 10 km/s or more.
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- perihelions 2y agoIt's twenty times closer to its star than the Earth; the intensity of its starlight is hundreds of times brighter. Hot enough (1,400 K) to melt gold. I don't understand the details, but in some sense it has to be an atmospheric heat engine between the day and night side of this planet. (Its rotation is tidally locked, so they are permanently distinct sides).