For Jupiter the moons aren’t a factor in why it’s not habitable. A far more glaring and problematic issue is the fact that there is no solid surface. Jupiter is a gaseous planet. Even if there were a surface to stand on, the pressure of the atmosphere would crush you and everything else instantaneously.
One importance of finding more moons is that each one has some possibility of having life. Another is that any discovery has the possibility of revealing some new fact about out universe that we didn’t previously know. Maybe new elements? Who knows. That’s the point of looking.
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For Jupiter the moons aren’t a factor in why it’s not habitable. A far more glaring and problematic issue is the fact that there is no solid surface. Jupiter is a gaseous planet. Even if there were a surface to stand on, the pressure of the atmosphere would crush you and everything else instantaneously.
One importance of finding more moons is that each one has some possibility of having life. Another is that any discovery has the possibility of revealing some new fact about out universe that we didn’t previously know. Maybe new elements? Who knows. That’s the point of looking.