Can we go inside Jupiter?

The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Jupiter, it wouldn’t be able to fly through unscathed either. The extreme pressures and temperatures deep inside the planet crush, melt, and vaporize spacecraft trying to fly into the planet.

Has anyone been inside Jupiter?

On 5 July 2016, spacecraft Juno arrived and entered the planet’s orbit—the second craft ever to do so. The Galileo spacecraft was the first to have entered orbit around Jupiter, arriving in 1995 and studying the planet until 2003.

What happens when you swim on Jupiter?

As you reach the inner layers of Jupiter, there’ll be parts that you’ll be able to swim through. A substance that’s not quite liquid or gas, known as supercritical fluid. Moving through this strange material, the temperature will get even hotter. Eventually, it’ll be equivalent to the surface of the sun.

What would happen if you fall to Jupiter?

At first, you’ll be falling from the top of the atmosphere at nearly 180,000 km/h (110,000 mph). This is a lot faster than you’d fall from the top of Earth’s atmosphere because Jupiter’s gravity is much stronger than Earth’s. You’ll still be able to see the sun, but don’t expect it to heat you up.

What would it feel like to be on Jupiter?

You’d feel as if you were in one giant, colorful tornado. That’s because Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet in our Solar System. One day on the planet is equal to 9.5 Earth hours. Let’s go down about 120 km (74 miles) more. Congratulations! This is the deepest that any exploration has ever sailed into the gas giant.

Why is hydrogen a liquid inside Jupiter?

On the surface of Jupiter–and on Earth–those elements are gases. However inside Jupiter, hydrogen can be a liquid, or even a kind of metal. These changes happen because of the tremendous temperatures and pressures found at the core. What is pressure? Have you ever gone swimming at the deep end of a pool?