Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written,alt.astronomy Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!kithrup.com!djheydt From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) Subject: Re: Jupiter's Great Red Spot Message-ID: Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 14:25:22 GMT References: <595A82D3.1A46@ix.netcom.com> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Lines: 44 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:638748 sci.physics.relativity:423932 rec.arts.sf.written:474323 alt.astronomy:291894 In article , Whisper wrote: >On 4/07/2017 3:45 AM, The Starmaker wrote: >> i'll explain to you what is >> >> Jupiter's Great Red Spot, and why it's red. >> >> >> All planets surface is the color red. Earth is the only planet with a >blue surface color. >> >> >> Jupiter is simply making another red planet. >> >> >> giving birth to a planet... OMG, I think I knew where he got this. Remember the original COSMOS, when Sagan was spending a few minutes eviscerating Velikovsky? Who envisioned Venus having been ejected from Jupiter and somehow assuming a nearly circular orbit in its current position? Sagan walked up to a gigantic model of Jupiter, opened up the Red Spot (it was on a hinge) and pulled out a model of Venus and walked away with it. Starmaker is just deranged enough to have mistaken this demonstration of what never happened for a prophecy of what's about to happen. As for the colors of planets (as seen through atmosphrere from Earth, mind you), there used to be a saying among classic (I mean Greco-Roman times), that three astronomical objects shone red: Sirius, Mars, and Jupiter (but not as red) Sirius is certainly not red today, and current astrophysics has no explanation for a star turning from bright red to bright blue-white. If ever I meet an astrophysicist, I'll ask him/her, "What's your hypothesis," and if the answer is "I haven't got one," I'll take that as an honest answer. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com