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Jupiter Impact Photo

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SixDegrees7/21/2009 3:16:43 pm PDT

re: #9 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Think it made a “Whomph” sound or a “Smash-Bang” sound. Maybe it was no sound, it is space(ish); but does Jupiter’s atmosphere make sound possible? Jupiter’s kind of non-solid ish… so did it make any noise at all?

My head hurts.

Sure, there’d be sound in Jupiter’s atmosphere. At that altitude, it would be low density. And it’s mostly lighter weight gases like methane, hydrogen and helium. So sounds would have a higher frequency than here on earth.

Instead of a “Womph!” it would probably sound more like a hundred billion gerbils all squeaking at once.