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Calculating an eccentric enough orbit to allow a dip into atmosphere and escape again How would I calculate if it is possible to have an eccentric enough orbit around a gas giant to dip the periapsis some depth(how deep?) into the atmosphere of a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn and taking into account the atmospheric drag, still escape to a stable orbit? Is this even possible or is t... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Life on a gas giant? I know of the conceptualized "Sinkers", "Floaters" and "Hunters" that Carl Sagan and Edwin Salpeter of Cornell conceived of - as possible life forms that might inhabit a gas giant. At the time they conceived of this, there was no real info about the amount of amino acids that might exist in the atmos... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |