If Jupiter is a ball of gas with no surface, would it, in theory, be possible to fly a space probe right through the middle of it?
2006-09-03 04:50:48 · 17 answers · asked by jackdegus 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Jupiter has a small rocky kernel at it's center and it's even smaller than earth. But on top of that rocky kernel is a large layer of hardened hydrogen followed by liquid hydrogen.
It would be possible to fly through jupiter but only throught it's first outer layers, as the gas would become too dense if you go deeper and you would eventually get stuck or burn away.
2006-09-03 04:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by Technotron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.Although Jupiter consists mainly of gases it still has a solid core inside so it's not possible to fly through its centre.
2.Just say that you are flying trough Jupiter's atmosphere. There are extreme conditions (especially extremely strong winds and never-ending hurricanes)
3.Finally there's a problem with Jupiter's great gravity force, which will probably stop you.
To sum up: NO from practical point of view it's impossible
2006-09-03 05:03:32 · answer #2 · answered by konrad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No its has a solid core and must have to generate the magnetic field that it is famous for. You can send a probe to the outer gas but if you get to close it would be pulled in and crushed a bit like this question really.
2006-09-03 23:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by victoria r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because jupiter's gravitational pull is so great that any spacecraft would be crushed under the atmosphere, and also, even though the atmosphere is gas, the core of the planet is acutally a liquid, so you couldnt acutally "fly" through jupiter
2006-09-03 12:28:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it IS 100 % gas, gravity at the centre would make the gas at the centre so dense it would act as a solid, so no, you couldn't fly 'right through the middle of it'.
2006-09-03 05:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by reader19492003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you could build a probe capable of withstanding the extreme pressures found at the centre of the planet, there is no reason why not.
2006-09-03 06:57:40 · answer #6 · answered by el_jonson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mmmm you might want to reread your text books lol ... All the gas giants have a surface, as to what they are actually comprised of we are not certain as we have not been able to send a probe to its surface, its its surface larger than earths, yes a whole lot larger, and denser, why it has suck a large gravitational field and able to have such a large atmosphere and so many moons.
2006-09-03 05:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by Zenas Walter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-03 04:55:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who said it had ' no surface' it has a frozen core!
And the gravitational forces would pull your ship apart.
2006-09-03 04:55:06 · answer #9 · answered by PI Whore 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course there is at least one way of getting in
2006-09-03 08:05:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋