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hatschi_gesundheit t1_j5kmkca wrote

Reply to comment by KaneHau in Jupiter by hackintoshfun

We did see Shoemaker-Levy crash into Jupiter (any others?), so there are at least some heavier elements somewhere down there.

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KaneHau t1_j5kn9oa wrote

Plenty of rocks crash into gas giants. The problem is they don't survive more than a mile or so before being completely broken apart by the extreme winds, temperatures and pressure.

So by the point you get, say, two miles down - there are really no large objects of any type. Instead you get bands, based on the pressure, where elements like to accumulate. But they would be more like a fluid than a solid.

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hatschi_gesundheit t1_j5kxlev wrote

But would not the heavier/denser elements sink to the core eventually ? It might be a molten core or some other, more exotic aggregation state, but still. Certainly not a gas.

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