Re: Speed of winds on Saturn
From: Jud McCranie (youknowwhat.mccranie_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 01/28/05
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:18:01 -0500
On 27 Jan 2005 16:47:17 -0800, "LightningWolf"
<LightningWolf@gmail.com> wrote:
>Good question. I am not sure about an anwser, but would assume that it
>is the speed of sound on Earth as there is no accurate way [i would
>think] to measure the sound on saturn [no probes]. Also, I am wondering
>where you have heard this from...
I heard it from several sources in the last couple of weeks. This
mentions that they are faster than the speed of sound:
http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/planets/6/
but not 1.5x as fast.
If the composition and density/pressure of Saturn's atmosphere is
known, then the speed of sound could be calculated.
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