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Planet Jupiter. PHOTO/IFL ADDRESS
Jupiter has no solid ground, grass or dirt and cannot be walked on or landed by spacecraft.
But, how is that possible? If not the surface, what holds Jupiter together?
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, located between Mars and Saturn. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and is big enough to contain more than 1,000 Earths.
Although all four planets in the solar system – Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars – have solid surfaces, this is not the case with Jupiter.
Jupiter is a turbulent, stormy gas ball. On the planet Jupiter, winds exceed 400 mph in some places, which is three times faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Earth.
On Jupiter, the upper layers are mostly covered with an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium and the pressure inside the gas giant increases with depth.
The pressure is so strong deep inside the planet and the intensity is so high that a human body could explode.
Eventually the gas formed liquid hydrogen and created what is believed to be the largest ocean in the solar system, but it does not contain water.
In this liquid metallic hydrogen, the atoms are still pressed together so tightly that the electrons are free to move.
The nature of the material in Jupiter’s core is still a mystery to scientists. This material is not solid, but a hot mixture of solid metal and liquid. The pressure in the center of the planet is still very high.
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2024-11-10 07:15:00
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