Clouds on other worlds
Posted: 13.01.2005, 22:45
Just a question, what kind of clouds would be possible on hot Jupiter planets (e.g. 55 Cancri b,c) - would clouds of sulphuric acid, like those on Venus, be possible?
This is a good site about gas giant clouds, although I don't think it covers all the possibilities by a long chalk;
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/featu ... iants.html
a hot, mostly evaporated gas giant with a large rocky core could have lots of volcanic gases in its atmosphere; sul;phur is certainly a good candidate.
I think organic compounds are possible as well, even life of some sort perhaps, leading to clouds coloured by airborne phytoplankton; these could be green, bluegreen, red or yellow depending on the pigments involved.