Video: Would a Lava Lamp work on Jupiter?

By Keith Cowing
Posted March 8, 2010 6:16 PM
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Would a Lava Lamp work on Jupiter with its higher gravity? To find out, I built a large centrifuge out of Meccano and spun up a lava lamp. For more information go here. Note the smartphone doing data collection.

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