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How can the core be mixed with the gases? I suppose it means the boundary is a massive and eternal dust storm. That's the only way I imagine solids and gases t
by sph 4y ago
How can the core be mixed with the gases?
I suppose it means the boundary is a massive and eternal dust storm. That's the only way I imagine solids and gases to "mix".
- wffurr 4y agoAt the pressures in Saturn’s core, the hydrogen and helium aren’t gases anymore, but liquids. Imagine a rock and liquid hydrogen slurry.
- Sharlin 4y agoAt the pressures and temperatures we’re not talking about either gases or liquids but a supercritical fluid and even more exotic phases, including liquid metallic hydrogen which is thought to be an excellent solvent.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y agoIt's rocky in the sense that it has elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, but not in the sense that it's solid. Temperature within the cores reaches 40k Celsius, so everything is molten.