Do gas giants actually have a solid core? If so, how big are they usually?
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Not fully explaining the direct question.
But it’s helpful to remember that explain like I’m 5: there are three phases of matter (solid, liquid and gas). Explain like you’re a bit older: there’s also plasma. Explain like I’m even older: matter phase is complex.
To simplify a very complex subject and try to explain like I’m five: as pressure and temperature change you get a whole range of phases that are a bit more complex and go from gas to solid to some other more interesting stuff.
Jupiter is big. The closer to the centre you get there more weight from its own stuff there is, so more pressure. So as you get further in you go from more gassy, to something that’s more liquidy to something that’s more solidy.
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