Electric Planet? Is It Possible?

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Electric planets, characterized by constant lightning storms, are theoretically possible. Jupiter's atmosphere exhibits significant lightning activity, supporting the notion that a planet can experience perpetual electrical phenomena. Earth itself has thousands of lightning flashes per minute, primarily occurring in the clouds. Historical data suggests that early Earth had a violent primordial atmosphere conducive to frequent lightning storms.

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Is it possible for a planet to be filled with electricity and lightning, like lightning storms all year 'round?
 
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Gold Barz said:
Is it possible for a planet to be filled with electricity and lightning, like lightning storms all year 'round?


hello Gold Barz, IIRC there is a lot of lightning observed in the Jupiter atmosphere, but I don't have a URL and am not certain about this.

not long ago I was reading some webpage about lightning in Earth atmosphere and it said Earth has several thousand flashes of lightning a minute.
Here is the page:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/lightning_backgrounder.html
It said that most of this constant lightning activity around the Earth is up in the clouds. between clouds. so most of the bolts don't hit the ground.

So my answer, from what I've read on the web, would be Yes
a planet can have lightning storms going all the time, and Earth does.
 
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I mean a million times worse than Earth?
 
The primordial atmosphere of planet Earth is thought to be quite violent. You may find these links of interest:
http://www.palaeos.com/Hadean/Hadean.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/science/story/0,12450,898680,00.html
 
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