– If we somehow managed to travel to a gas giant (like Jupiter or Saturn) and reach his core, what would we see? There would be a rocky surface at any point?

Question

I saw some random fact about planets and now I wonder if it is even physically possible to build something that is able to reach the core of a planet like Jupiter.

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

If I remember correctly the Juno probe took scans of Jupiter that suggested that it might have a rocky core after all, and that its “mantle” equivalent, whilst still mostly hydrogen, may be super dense metallic hydrogen. Which would possibly explain the fact it has such a strong magnetic field despite not being understood to have a molten metallic core…