Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dataio.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!dataio!del From: del@dataio.UUCP (Erik Lindberg) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: 2010 review's review's review Message-ID: <524@dataio.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 14:39:01 EST Article-I.D.: dataio.524 Posted: Fri Dec 21 14:39:01 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 03:14:35 EST References: <618@rayssd.UUCP> Organization: Data I/O Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 10 > > I thought the monoliths merely increased the *density* of Jupiter, > not the mass. The observation from the Leonov that Jupiter is shrinking > would support either idea, though. > Actually, the theory is that Jupitor was very close to being a sun anyway, so only a little upset was necessary to push it over the edge. The monoliths were supposed to add enough *mass* to cause it to implode, causing a tremendous increase in *density*.