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What If You Fell Into Jupiter

Close your eyes and imagine falling into the largest planet in our solar system. A quiet journey into the hostile world of Jupiter. You would need to bring your own oxygen, as the atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium. Descending just 200 kilometers, the pressure becomes over 3,000 times greater than Earth's atmosphere. Temperatures would approach 1,900°C, hot enough to melt many metals. Deep below, pressure would reach 43 million times Earth's atmosphere, and the core would be over 29,000°C—hotter than the surface of the Sun. Let the quiet terror of this hostile world carry you into a…

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