How would the human body be altered if you were born on Jupiter?

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  1. Promo Registered Senior Member

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    Just like the topic subject say's, I did a couple quick searches and didn't see anything good. I am curious as to how our bodies would be affected if we were born on Jupiter or even something larger? Would we be larger and stronger or smaller and slower?
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  3. Buddha12 Valued Senior Member

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    Well since Jupiter is a gas giant you really have nowhere to be "born" at unless you are in a ship passing through the atmosphere, is that what you meant?
     
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  5. C C Consular Corps - "the backbone of diplomacy" Valued Senior Member

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    We'd be giant blimps or balloon-like creatures floating in the hurricane winds of the Jovian atmosphere; or metropolis-sized organisms living in the crushing pressure of a liquid hydrogen ocean at the center.

    Of course... That's just being incredibly, overly optimistic. Going over the psilocybin cliff would be the way it was envisioned in the 1930s-40s:

    http://cdn.visualnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1-Frank-R.-Paul-life_on_jupiter.jpeg

    http://www.visualnews.com/2013/03/28/retro-predictions-of-life-on-other-planets/
     
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  7. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

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    And we would need to be abundantly furry like a bear, to keep us warm, since the average temperature on Jupiter is oh...-240 degrees Fahrenheit.

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  8. youreyes amorphous ocean Valued Senior Member

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    So fluffy floating balloon like creatures...
     
  9. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

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    Electromagnetic balls of incandescent plasma drifting aimlessly over an endless mirror sea of liquid metallic hydrogen...


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  10. Promo Registered Senior Member

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    I probably should have stated my question a little better, how would we (humans) change if we lived on a planet with the mass of Jupiter? So say it is an earth-like atmosphere just much bigger planet wise, how would our bone structure be? Our strength etc.
     
  11. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

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    I see, now. Going with that, I'm venturing a guess that the weather patterns, water coverage, and topography would be vastly different. So, that tells me, maybe we would have considerably more natural disasters, and devastating storms. Humans would have to be 'built' differently (stronger), to adapt to such a planet.

    But, I'm just guessing!

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  12. billvon Valued Senior Member

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    A planet the density and mass of Jupiter? Nothing solid can exist at that density. However, if you put a thin shell around Jupiter, and lived on the surface, you'd weigh 2.5 times what you weigh on Earth. It is conceivable that humanity could adapt to that, but they'd end up as short fireplug-shaped dwarves with much thicker bones, larger joint surfaces and larger muscles.

    A planet the mass of Jupiter and the density of Earth? You'd weigh roughly 300 times what you do on Earth. Human bones/muscles cannot adapt to that. We'd probably look more like starfish - something flat and somewhat flexible that can crawl slowly along the ground.

    (useless fact of the day - Jupiter cannot get much bigger no matter how much mass you add.)
     
  13. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    But it might get bigger if mass was reduced. Anyway read the following short article about the biggest planet discovered.

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amazing-The-Biggest-Ever-Found-Planet-62410.shtml
     
  14. Promo Registered Senior Member

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    That's more what I was looking for, I know it's not that serious of a question which is why I put it under free thoughts. I am trying to figure out what type of planet would create a humanoid species to be larger and stronger for something I am working on.
     
  15. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I'd be more interested in seeing how normal humans would do if they were suddenly transported to a 2G world. I'm sure the new arrivals would have trouble getting around for awhile, but I think muscles and bones would adjust over time. Next how would the second generation grow up in that environment? Would they get shorter with a very stocky build. After all a short squat human would be more stable and have less distance to fall in a loss of balance.
     

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