A team of scientists has used gravitational data from NASA's Juno spacecraft to find the elements involved in the formation of the planet Jupiter.
This showed that the center of Jupiter is rigid. Its size is up to 11-30 times the size of the Earth. Scientists believe that the planet Jupiter swallowed about 30 smaller planets to increase its size. The size of these planets would have been like our Earth. Many gases gathered together to form a planet.
Apart from being the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is also a gaseous planet. Jupiter is made up of hydrogen and helium. However, hard metal has also been used in its making.
The new study has given another theory, which showed that Jupiter captured several kilometer-long space rocks. These rocks were large enough to form Earth-sized planets. Researcher Yamila Migueli of Leiden University in the Netherlands said that Jupiter was one of the earliest planets to form in our solar system.
Migueli said, 'The planet made of gas is mysterious. We cannot tell by looking directly what is inside it. We cannot know by looking directly how Jupiter formed, but by combining the information we have today, we can give a theory.
This discovery about the size of Jupiter can cause scientists to once again investigate the theory about the formation of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. This is because if the smaller planets were swallowed by Jupiter, then it is possible that gaseous planets like Saturn, Uranus and Neptune would have also formed like this.
This showed that the center of Jupiter is rigid. Its size is up to 11-30 times the size of the Earth. Scientists believe that the planet Jupiter swallowed about 30 smaller planets to increase its size. The size of these planets would have been like our Earth. Many gases gathered together to form a planet.
Apart from being the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is also a gaseous planet. Jupiter is made up of hydrogen and helium. However, hard metal has also been used in its making.
The new study has given another theory, which showed that Jupiter captured several kilometer-long space rocks. These rocks were large enough to form Earth-sized planets. Researcher Yamila Migueli of Leiden University in the Netherlands said that Jupiter was one of the earliest planets to form in our solar system.
Migueli said, 'The planet made of gas is mysterious. We cannot tell by looking directly what is inside it. We cannot know by looking directly how Jupiter formed, but by combining the information we have today, we can give a theory.
This discovery about the size of Jupiter can cause scientists to once again investigate the theory about the formation of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. This is because if the smaller planets were swallowed by Jupiter, then it is possible that gaseous planets like Saturn, Uranus and Neptune would have also formed like this.
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