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Does this imply that each of the gas giants has an Earth-like core buried in the gas, surrounded by an orbiting swarm of rocky asteroids? Because that would be
by Cushman 16y ago
Does this imply that each of the gas giants has an Earth-like core buried in the gas, surrounded by an orbiting swarm of rocky asteroids?
Because that would be awesome.
- jerf 16y ago"Earth-like" is probably the wrong idea; I'd rather say "rocky". I wouldn't care to guarantee much else about that core would be Earth-like, from the chemistry to the composition to the way it moves or anything else.
- hugh3 16y agoYes, Jupiter and Saturn are currently believed to each have a core of rock and ice, of something like 10-30 Earth masses.