The Internal Structure of the Two Largest Jovian Planets (From

question 147

Multiple Choice

The internal structure of the two largest Jovian planets (from the center outward) is a(n)

• A) iron-nickel core (from which the Jovian magnetic field arises), a semifluid rocky mantle, and a solid rocky crust covered by a thin atmosphere.
• B) rocky core covered by a very thick gaseous hydrogen and helium layer.
• C) rocky core, a liquid "ice" layer that may overlap with the rocky core, a liquid metallic hydrogen and helium layer, and an ordinary hydrogen and helium gaseous layer.
• D) rocky core, a liquid methane mantle, and a gaseous methane atmosphere.

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