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About 4.5 billion years ago, the gas giant merged with a huge space object – planet Earth. To such a conclusion came an international group of astronomers.
Scientists carefully analyzed the information transmitted Juno research apparatus that probed gravitational the parameters of the planet in order to find out its internal structure. Analysis showed that the core of the planet is not whole, but fragmented from various rocks that are mixed with hydrogen gas.
Given the well-known patterns of planet formation, at the very beginning in part of the heavy elements from which results in a compact core. At the moment when the emerging the planet begins to attract gas, there are no solid particles, which could form transition layers between the core itself planet and its other layers of lower density. But the results exploration of the bowels of the gas giant does not meet expectations models.
Researchers believe the so-called “fuzziness” of the core planets can be explained by the collision of Jupiter with a huge by the cosmic body when the solar system was at a stage origin.
A powerful blow broke the original compact core and shuffled heavy elements with gases. Scientists have suggested that a similar picture could happen to Saturn.
Andrey Vetrov
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