Jupiter's rocky core bigger and icier, according to new simulation
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 14:21
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated conditions inside the planet on the scale of individual hydrogen and helium atoms. The results were published Nov. 20 in Astrophysical Journal Letters.