{"id":126978,"date":"2024-11-17T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T11:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126978"},"modified":"2024-11-17T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T11:34:10","slug":"how-can-jupiter-have-no-surface-a-dive-into-a-planet-so-big-it-could-swallow-1000-earths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126978","title":{"rendered":"How Can Jupiter Have No Surface? A Dive Into A Planet So Big, It Could Swallow 1,000 Earths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"align-left \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/281719\/original\/file-20190628-76743-26slbc.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=237&amp;fit=clip\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/281719\/original\/file-20190628-76743-26slbc.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=293&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/281719\/original\/file-20190628-76743-26slbc.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=293&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/281719\/original\/file-20190628-76743-26slbc.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=293&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/281719\/original\/file-20190628-76743-26slbc.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=368&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/281719\/original\/file-20190628-76743-26slbc.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=368&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/281719\/original\/file-20190628-76743-26slbc.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=368&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii\"\/><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\/topics\/curious-kids-us-74795\">Curious Kids<\/a> is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you\u2019d like an expert to answer, send it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/mailto:curiouskidsus@theconversation.com\">curiouskidsus@theconversation.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface \u2013 even though it doesn\u2019t have one? \u2013 Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The planet Jupiter has no solid ground \u2013 no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There\u2019s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship.<\/p>\n<p>But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn\u2019t have a surface, what does it have? How can it hold together?<\/p>\n<p>Even as <a href=\"https:\/\/benjaminroulston.com\/\">a professor of physics<\/a> who studies all kinds of unusual phenomena, I realize the concept of a world without a surface is difficult to fathom. Yet much about Jupiter remains a mystery, even as NASA\u2019s robotic probe Juno <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/missions\/juno\">begins its ninth year orbiting this strange planet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What They Didn&#039;t Teach You in School About Jupiter | Our Solar System&#039;s Planets\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRHwq1DIgbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><span class=\"fr-mk\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fr-mk\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fr-mk\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fr-mk\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fr-mk\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fr-mk\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/iframe><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Jupiter\u2019s mass is two-and-a-half times that of all the other planets in the solar system combined.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>First, some facts<\/h2>\n<p>Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun, is between Mars and Saturn. It\u2019s the largest planet in the solar system, big enough for more than <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/jupiter\/jupiter-facts\/\">1,000 Earths to fit inside, with room to spare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the four inner planets of the solar system \u2013 Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars \u2013 are all made of solid, rocky material, Jupiter <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/exoplanets\/gas-giant\/\">is a gas giant<\/a> with a composition similar to the Sun; it\u2019s a roiling, stormy, wildly turbulent ball of gas. Some places on Jupiter have winds of more than 400 mph (about 640 kilometers per hour), about three times faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Earth.<\/p>\n<h2>Searching for solid ground<\/h2>\n<p>Start from the top of Earth\u2019s atmosphere, go down about 60 miles (roughly 100 kilometers), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grc.nasa.gov\/www\/k-12\/airplane\/atmosphere.html#:%7E\">the air pressure continuously increases<\/a>. Ultimately you hit Earth\u2019s surface, either land or water.<\/p>\n<p>Compare that with Jupiter: Start near the top of its mostly hydrogen and helium atmosphere, and like on Earth, the pressure increases the deeper you go. But on Jupiter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantworlds.org\/meetthegiants\/jupiter.php#:%7E\">the pressure is immense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the layers of gas above you push down more and more, it\u2019s like being at the bottom of the ocean \u2013 but instead of water, you\u2019re surrounded by gas. The pressure becomes so intense that the human body would implode; you would be squashed.<\/p>\n<p>Go down 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), and the hot, dense gas begins to behave strangely. Eventually, the gas turns into a form of liquid hydrogen, creating what can be thought of as the largest ocean in the solar system, albeit an ocean without water.<\/p>\n<p>Go down another 20,000 miles (about 32,000 kilometers), and the hydrogen becomes more like flowing liquid metal, a material so exotic that only recently, and with great difficulty, have scientists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2119442-metallic-hydrogen-finally-made-in-lab-at-mind-boggling-pressure\/\">reproduced it in the laboratory<\/a>. The atoms in this liquid metallic hydrogen are squeezed so tightly that its electrons <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/jupiter\/in-depth.amp\">are free to roam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that these layer transitions are gradual, not abrupt; the transition from normal hydrogen gas to liquid hydrogen and then to metallic hydrogen happens slowly and smoothly. At no point is there a sharp boundary, solid material or surface.<\/p>\n<h2>Scary to the core<\/h2>\n<p>Ultimately, you\u2019d reach the core of Jupiter. This is the central region of Jupiter\u2019s interior, and not to be confused with a surface.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists are still debating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missionjuno.swri.edu\/jupiter\/the-interior?show=hs_jupiter_the-interior_story_whats-in-jupiters-core\">exact nature of the core\u2019s material<\/a>. The most favored model: It\u2019s not solid, like rock, but more like a hot, dense and possibly metallic mixture of liquid and solid.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure at Jupiter\u2019s core is so immense that it would be like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pas.rochester.edu\/%7Eblackman\/ast104\/jinterior.html#:%7E:\">100 million Earth atmospheres pressing down on you<\/a> \u2013 or two Empire State buildings on top of each square inch of your body.<\/p>\n<p>But pressure wouldn\u2019t be your only problem. A spacecraft trying to reach Jupiter\u2019s core would be melted by the extreme heat \u2013 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit (20,000 degrees Celsius). That\u2019s three times hotter than the surface of the Sun.<\/p>\n<h2>Jupiter helps Earth<\/h2>\n<p>Jupiter is a weird and forbidding place. But if Jupiter weren\u2019t around, it\u2019s possible human beings might not exist.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because Jupiter acts as a shield for the inner planets of the solar system, including Earth. With its massive gravitational pull, Jupiter has altered the <a href=\"https:\/\/cnas.ucr.edu\/media\/2023\/11\/02\/jupiter-black-sheep-which-protects-all-life-earth#:%7E\">orbit of asteroids and comets<\/a> for billions of years.<\/p>\n<p>Without Jupiter\u2019s intervention, some of that space debris could have crashed into Earth; if one had been a cataclysmic collision, it could have caused an extinction-level event. Just look at <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/could-dinosaurs-still-exist-somewhere-in-the-world-a-paleontologist-explains-233967\">what happened to the dinosaurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Jupiter gave an assist to our existence, but the planet itself is extraordinarily inhospitable to life \u2013 at least, life as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>The same is not the case with a Jupiter moon, Europa, perhaps our best chance to find <a href=\"https:\/\/europa.nasa.gov\/why-europa\/ingredients-for-life\/#:%7E\">life elsewhere in the solar system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper, a robotic probe <a href=\"https:\/\/europa.nasa.gov\/mission\/about\/\">launching in October 2024<\/a>, is scheduled to do about 50 fly-bys over that moon to <a href=\"https:\/\/europa.nasa.gov\/why-europa\/evidence-for-an-ocean\/\">study its enormous underground ocean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Could something be living in Europa\u2019s water? Scientists won\u2019t know for a while. Because of Jupiter\u2019s distance from Earth, the probe won\u2019t arrive until April 2030.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Hello, curious kids! Do you have a question you\u2019d like an expert to answer? Ask an adult to send your question to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/mailto:curiouskidsus@theconversation.com\">CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com<\/a>. Please tell us your name, age and the city where you live.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And since curiosity has no age limit \u2013 adults, let us know what you\u2019re wondering, too. We won\u2019t be able to answer every question, but we will do our best.<\/em> <!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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