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As you heat gas it gets bigger. Jupiter is cool enough that it's got liquid and perhaps solid hydrogen in the middle (Juno will tell us the details soon!) I thi
by greglindahl 9y ago
As you heat gas it gets bigger. Jupiter is cool enough that it's got liquid and perhaps solid hydrogen in the middle (Juno will tell us the details soon!) I think this thing is so hot that it won't have a liquid or non-rocky solid core.
- Pxtl 9y agoI'd assume the minor spaghettification caused by extreme tidal forces us also a factor in its super low density.
- kartickv 9y ago> It won't have a non-rocky solid core Meaning a solid core, if it exists, will be rocky? How, at such high temperatures? I'm uncertain whether I'm not misinterpreting your double negatives :)
- greglindahl 9y agoHigh pressure does odd things even when it's hot, and I don't know off the top of my head how rocks work in that situation! I'm more of a black hole and accretion disk devotee.