#3083: Jupiter Core

Current leading theories for what's in the center of Jupiter:

[Variations of Jupiter. All except for the last are illustrated with a quartered 'solid segment' of the planet's 'atmosphere' removed to reveal the core.]

[Jupiter with liquid material at its core]

Diffuse mix of heavy elements and metallic hydrogen

[Jupiter with a rocky core]

Rocky core with metallic, hydrogen mantle

[Jupiter with a pile of coins for a core, multiple dollar signs being shown]

Valuable treasure

[Jupiter with Earth for a core]

Emergency backup Earth

[Hollow Jupiter with a rocky planet in the middle, the outer layer held in place by inner supports]

Regular planet pretending to be a gas giant to avoid attention

[Jupiter with a smooth ball for a core]

Hard ball from avocado

[Jupiter with a small version of Jupiter for a core]

Baby Jupiter, still gestating

[Jupiter as a flat circle, with nothing chopped off]

No core; flat Earth conspiracists are wrong about Earth but right about Jupiter