A reminder that Jupiter is a giant, spherical, space cloud without a surface to stand on¹ so you could drive a spaceship right through, if it can handle intense heat and pressure.
¹a recent mission suggests there might be a "diffuse" core deep inside. Diffuse = dense liquid?
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Interesting that Jupiter's gravity is less than 3 times Earth's. When you think about it, it makes sense considering it's mostly gasses but it's still wild because the immense size difference would lead you to think the gravity would be greater.
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It is greater than ours! Jupiter's gravity is 24.8 m/s² 😀
It's supposed to be a failed star so not too surprising.
And helpful to us as well, trapping comets that would have travelled into the inner solar system and potentially hit us.
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Crazy to me how a giant poofy cloud has more gravity than our Earth which is essentially a giant metal ball 😀
Then I look at this image and it makes sense. We are tiny, tiny specks 😂
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The core is metallic H₂ but Juno upended earlier theories that it was a dense core. It's now been updated to a "diffuse" core.
My knowledge on this does not extend beyond what's on Wikipedia and a few amateur blogs, sorry if I can't provide a water-tight answer😅
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According to this comment (which is a very Jules Verne/Journey to the Center style walkthrough), there is a "surface", emphasis on the quotes: reddit.com/r/AskScienceDi
Maybe by "diffuse" they mean a marshy surface? Or it fluctuates between solid and liquid state all the time?
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