What is the Jovian Hy ? No, its not the favored form of substance-abuse among young cosmologists these days. But it could be the basis of "some form" of extraterrestrial life, simple or even complex, such as on the moons of the three gas giants. Sometimes these are referred to generically as Galilean Moons.
Page on the planet Jupiter's magnetic field: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/jupiter/magnetic.html Jupiter's magnetic field is 10 times stronger than that of the Earth, and was once thought to arise from electrical currents in the rapidly spinning core. The core could consist of metallic hydrogen, or possibly iron alloy or both and more. It could also be composed of an admixture of (Hy-) aka hydrino-hydride. Randell Mills, years ago, presented some evidence to support the hypothesis that the gas-giant Jupiter is producing hydrinos. There is certainly an unknown source of energy there on Jupiter, that is no secret - and which could be the result of nuclear reactions OR - even LENR - or even Hydrinos (or an admixture of all). Mills has been cast in a comédie-héroique role by many observers, perhaps a modern day 'Don Quichotte' , i.e tilting at the wispy windmills of mainstream thought - that is - if you want to base the frank <g> analogy on Massenet with a libretto by Stolper, and who knows but that SciFi is overdue for an opera of its own ;-) BTW the (Hy-) hydrino-hydride should have enhanced magnetism, smaller radius, much higher density - and the hydride should be electrically conductive and will give off lots of energy under further shrinkage - if you believe CQM, But first off - by Jove - we must realize and fully appreciate that IF it were not for this huge magnetic field, Jupiter might have ignited already - and advanced like here would probably not exist on earth ! The 'bow shock' (explained on the page above explains why 99% of the many megatons of approaching solar wind - over the past 4 billion years - have been swept away and have not added to Jupiter's mass appreciably. If it were not for this magnetic field, Jupiter would have long added the mass needed to ignite the nuclear furnace and become a red dwarf or other category of small star. This would have given life on earth a much lower probability of evolving (possibly), since the greater mass of Jupiter would have decreased its orbit radius to the Sun and at the same time that would have thrown our own orbit into disarray, or at least made it so oblong that the seasons (or ice ages) would much more extreme. And speaking of life on other planets (or large moons) besides Mars ... what about life on one of Jupiter's (Saturn's) moons? Ganymede Europa and Titan are the candidates most often envisioned in SciFi to have possible life. Here is an entry on the largest of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(moon) Yet - even in the fertile imagination of writers and the alternative realities of science fiction, I do not know of a particular plot where hydrinos have been considered - i.e. considered as the alternative "power" source for an advanced life-form living on an otherwise very cold planet or moon. But with all kinds of strange hydrino-laced ice as a resource in such an environment, which were derived redundant ground states of hydrogen - produced over the ages, this source of energy is feasible in the event RM is correct. Given the prevalence of anti-Millsean sentiment which is around the Halls of Science these days, vaguely reminiscent of Galileo's predicament, it is only fitting (in a Poetic Justice kind of way) that there is this possible hydrino-tie-in to the Galilean moons. That is - if and when Mills is completely vindicated. Jones
