Could You Land on Jupiter Soon?

Which planets can we visit? When you think about space exploration, you probably imagine a high-tech spacecraft landing on the surface of a distant planet. While this may be possible for a number of planets, it’s simply not the case for Jupiter.
We’ve already sent spacecraft to Mars, Saturn’s largest moon Titan, and, of course, our own moon. And thanks to these landings, we’ve learned a lot about these places, and we hope to do the same with others. Unfortunately, it’s a little more complicated when it comes to studying the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, and you’re about to find out why.
TIMESTAMPS:
Jupiter’s composition 0:50
Temperatures at the top of Jupiter's atmosphere 1:35
The force of Jupiter's rotation 2:45
The air pressure 3:34
What the buoyancy of metallic hydrogen can do with you 5:20
The pressure at the center of Jupiter 5:55
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SUMMARY:
- If you decide to land on Jupiter, the first problem you’d encounter is this gigantic planet’s composition, which is mostly made up of helium and hydrogen. The atmosphere also has small fractions of ammonia, methane, sulfur, and water vapor.
- First and foremost, without any oxygen in the atmosphere, you'll need to bring along huge supplies of this gas just to be able to breathe. Secondly, as you'll be nearing the planet, you'll take the full brunt of the incredible temperatures at the top of Jupiter's atmosphere.
- Jupiter rotates much faster than any other planet in our solar system, which means one whole day on this planet is only about 9½ Earth hours.
- As soon as you descend 430 miles lower, the air pressure will get 1,150 times stronger than it is on Earth. There's only been one man-made craft that could withstand such pressure, and it was the Trieste bathyscaphe.
- Now you’ll have already passed 2,500 miles, and the temperature will have reached 6,100°F. If the temperature gets just a tiny bit higher, it’d be enough to melt even tungsten, which has the highest melting point of any metal known to humankind, and that's a whopping 6,192°F.
- If you move even deeper, you'll experience the metallic hydrogen's buoyancy force. It’ll stubbornly counteract the downward pull of the planet's gravity.
- But what if you managed to defy the laws of physics and have a peep at the core of the giant planet? Then, according to what scientists presume, you’d have to withstand temperatures the human brain can't even fathom: 43,000°F!
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