# Uninvited Guest Refuses to Leave Jupiter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 23, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150 "2004-08-23T21:58:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150/1 "2004-08-23T21:58:39Z")

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Remember comet Shoemaker/Levy-9 that hit Jupiter a decade ago? [Well parts of it are still hanging around in Jupiter’s atmosphere!](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040823.html)

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> Jupiter’s atmosphere still contains remnants of a comet impact from a decade ago, but scientists said last week they are puzzled by how two substances have spread into different locations.

Frankly, I’m amazed that the stuff’s still floating around up there.

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**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150/2 "2004-08-23T22:23:47Z")

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Why, Jupiter is massive, I have a hard time believing we can shoot probes by it with them getting pulled in.

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**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150/3 "2004-08-23T22:43:50Z")

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That should be “with out”.

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**Author:** ![BytopianDream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@BytopianDream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BytopianDream)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150/4 "2004-08-24T01:38:49Z")

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It’s the gas bags! They are trying to contact us! Fall on your knees and bow to your Gods!!! Or something…

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150/5 "2004-08-24T01:40:43Z")

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If it’s full of stars, I’m outta here.

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**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninvited-guest-refuses-to-leave-jupiter/261150/6 "2004-08-24T02:46:10Z")

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I say no more than 30 minutes will elapse without the mandatory reference to “Uranus”