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Space/Science » in reply to re: Depends what you mean by "solid"

I meant it thew way I said it

Generally, if one substance is denser than another at some pressure, then it ilso denser at another higher pressure, so the rock and ice would always be denser than the hydrogen, even when you compressed the hydrogen to a metallic state.

The geometry would be like the earth, which has a solid iron inner core and a liquid iron convecting outer core.

Jupiter would have an ultra-dense rocky and ice kernel, surrounding by a thick layer of convecting metallic iron, surrounded by a very thick gas cloud that gradually got denser and more hydrogen/helium rich upwards

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