Author Question: What evidence do we have that Jupiter must have a substantial solid core under the thick clouds? ... (Read 47 times)

SGallaher96 · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

What evidence do we have that Jupiter must have a substantial solid core under the thick clouds?

A) Its magnetic field must be form by rotating molten iron, like our own.
B) Occasional breaks in the clouds reveal a solid surface at times.
C) Jupiter's disk is more oblate than it should be, suggesting it has a higher density.
D) Jupiter's disk is less oblate than it should be, if it were only hydrogen and helium.
E) The Io flux tube goes straight down to Jupiter's iron core.

Question 2

The huge lobe radio galaxy at the center of the Virgo Supercluster is:

A) Virgo X-1.
B) M-87, a giant elliptical galaxy.
C) M-74, a very bright Seyfert Spiral.
D) M-82, disturbed by the passage of M-81 nearby.
E) the Large Magellanic Cloud, disturbed by Supernova 1987A.