eli5 how gaseous are gas planets?

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I learned growing up that gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter are mostly gas. What does that mean exactly? Do they have a ground/crust or is it just gas all the way through?

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Given the fact they will inevitably been hit by meteors in the past there will be some solid material at the centre. But this is only a small percentage of the planets mass.

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