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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

I guess fact it's mostly gas means I don't have to ask, "where's Uranus?"

But if we're counting the liquid parts of Earth, shouldn't we include the squashy centers of Uranus and Jupiter?

[-] Aspharr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They aren't necessarily counting the oceans, but rather the ocean floor.

[-] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

The "liquid parts" of earth are just a thin puddle over basically the same solid shell covering the rest of the planet, relatively speaking. Uranus does have a small rocky core (so probably should have been included tbh), but Jupiter's core is just liquid and doesn't even have a clear boundary between the gas and the core.

[-] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, I was wondering the same question. Jupiter surface would definitely dwarf anything else

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Jupiter has no surface, just a gradually increasing density. When you sink in the ocean, you eventually reach the ocean floor. On Jupiter you just keep sinking until your surroundings match your density.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

i guess liquid surfaces count as liquid because organisms can live there (cyanobacteria can swim by buoyancy). in gas that's not possible.

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