r/spaceporn • u/MistWeaver80 • Dec 29 '20

Jupiter. Juno probe took this shot. Related Content

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '20 edited Feb 12 '21

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u/CannotDenyNorConfirm Dec 29 '20

TIL Jupiter doesn't really have a surface.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

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u/SonumSaga Dec 29 '20

That's why it's a gas giant :D

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u/Aussie18-1998 Dec 29 '20

Although if you could somehow survive the immense pressure you could theoretically land on the rocky core.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '20 edited Feb 16 '21

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u/thewhilelife Dec 29 '20

If a meteorite hit this planet would it just travel right thru? Would it swirl the gases around changing the shape of Jupiter?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '20 edited Dec 29 '20

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u/IntrigueDossier Dec 29 '20

Someone did a rendering of a probe going into the atmosphere on some Science/Discovery space show and it was astonishingly brutal. Obviously all interpretation, but the probe descended into progressively more violent layers of hell with an acid rain storm and insane winds at the “bottom” where it kinda just disintegrates.