On July 4th of this year, Jupiter's big red spot, and the smaller red spot will come very close to each other.
2006-06-08 12:37:46 · 18 answers · asked by jimadsit 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is not yet known if Jupiter has a solid surface. If it does, then the solid part of the planet can only make up a very small fraction of the volume of the planet.
Saying that the Jupiter's atmosphere constitutes a "surface" (as some answerers have proposed) is not really correct in that one cannot point to a surface at which the atmosphere "ends". Like Earth's atmosphere, Jupiter's atmosphere simply becomes more and more tenuous as one moves further from the planet (in an approximately exponentially decreasing fashion). Picking a pressure at which the atmosphere "ends" is a arbitrary choice.
2006-06-08 12:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by hfshaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, here is the complete truth:
-Jupiter has a surface and atmosphere, however, it is gas so you would just fall though it until u got to the core where u burned up/crashed into the solid core. The atmosphere has the storms and is what we see. We see the dust and all that stuff in the air, that is why its so colorful. We know that jupiter has a SOLID core made of solid hydrogen or something because when a comet hit it, the comet went through it, and 8 minutes later, a massive explosion appeared on the surface. The comet had hit the core and then the explosion came out and exploded on the surface igniting all those gasses in the air and stuff. So there u go.
2006-06-08 22:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the site listed below...
Once scientists knew the size and mass of Jupiter they could calculate its density. This is when Jupiter began to get even more interesting. Its density is extremely low, so low in fact that Jupiter is not a solid planet at all. Jupiter does not have a surface in the way that a planet like Earth does. Jupiter's surface consists of gas, much like its atmosphere, only more compacted.
2006-06-08 19:40:16 · answer #3 · answered by sideshowbytheseashore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,the planet jupiter does not have a surface.This planet actually is gaseous,it has no solid surface.
The red spot on this planet is actually a storm ranging in the atmosphere of jupiter for over thousands of years.
2006-06-09 10:18:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, jupiter has a solid surface, however it is under thousands of miles of gas.
The sheer gravity of jupiter causes the gasses to collapse and compress into solid matter, so just like every other terrestrial planet, there is a solid core.
2006-06-08 21:09:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Planet Jupiter is one of four planets in our solar system known to be gaseuos planets with no physical surface. The others are Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
2006-06-09 11:36:08 · answer #6 · answered by bow_wow_wow_yippieo_yippiea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does, but all planets do. It just seems like it doesn't because it is a gas surface. Planets either have a rocky surface or a gas surface.
2006-06-08 19:40:20 · answer #7 · answered by fiyah! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is a surface....of course. The 'red spots' I believe are storms.
2006-06-08 19:40:40 · answer #8 · answered by send_felix_mail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-06-08 19:41:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its impossible to explore(by a human) jupiter therell be times that you will bbe able to land there but it will be like dry ice and you will die quickly its because jupiter was onc a star but it never became one so it now a dead star so lkie the sun its made up of gases
2006-06-08 19:43:26 · answer #10 · answered by jazzy P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋