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> However there was some talk that it might have caused a nuclear explosion on Jupiter as Galileo had 2 two radioisotope thermoelectric generators. This explision then could have started a chain reaction as jupiters contains high amounts of tritium and deuterium.

This is just about as likely as CERN generating a Earth-eating black hole. RTGs can't generate a nuclear explosion.



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