Jupiter's rocky core bigger and icier, according to new simulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated conditions inside the planet on the scale of individual hydrogen and helium atoms. The results were published Nov. 20 in Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news146840341.html">Jupiter's rocky core bigger and icier, according to new simulation</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated conditions inside the planet on the scale of individual hydrogen and helium atoms. The results were published Nov. 20 in <I>Astrophysical Journal Letters</I>.</p>