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by ericbarrett 1482 days ago
Similarly I wonder if there was any detectable heating from kinetic interaction with dust and trace atmosphere. 60 km/sec is fast!
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Not sure about the composition of atmosphere at those exact altitudes on Jupiter, but aerodynamic heating was a serious concern during Cassini's close Titan flybys, and that's "just" at ~6.3km/s max. IIRC the closest one was the T-70 at 880km; a lot of work has been done to make sure it won't tumble or overheat. (Titan's low gravity makes its dense atmosphere reach very far, so 880km is really low)