What If Jupiter Transformed Into a Rocky Planet?

Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter looks like a beautiful ball of swirling clouds, but on the inside, it's a gaseous hell. But what if things took a different turn for the king of the Solar System? What if Jupiter wasn't a gas giant at all? What if, instead, it was a rock giant?

00:00 What If Jupiter Was a Rocky Planet?
00:53 Gas Giant Jupiter
01:56 Thank you Brilliant for sponsoring this episode!
02:52 Jupiterocalypse
04:11 Jupiter's Surface
05:33 Massive Storms

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[jamesmakume]

Vegeta: 10 times normal gravity? I don't even feel it.

[kiggs-piggs]

Dude the editors at what if successfully made every concept terrifying

[kannanr]

Jupiter - enormous appetite for gas

Meanwhile my car:

[dennesey]

I would have literally never asked this question in my lifetime...which is why such a detailed answer is so much more impressive.

That image of Jupiter heading right for us at 7:26 is now on my bucket list.

[tankhistoryfordummies]

If Jupiter were a rocky planet, the density would be insanely high as enormous pressure builds at the core, further compressing the core and thus requiring more mass just to maintain the same size as the actual Jupiter. Earth would likely be pulled further from the sun and same with Mars. Saturn might lose many of its furthest moons due to Jupiter capturing them.

[floppa]

"Sun, can i take some hydrogen and helium?"
"No"

[francisangelopantalla]

Him:no gas
Also him:a very thick atmosphere

[darkyboode]

When I was a kid I thought Jupiter’s surface was covered in mud with some small rocky islands sticking out. Though it has a tiny rocky core, but it’s mostly an atmosphere made up of gas.

[scorpion-man]

We should see what would happen if Saturn or the ice giants Uranus and Neptune were rocky as well =)

[Leopez]

Its really hard to think what gas planets looks like inside it but it would be easier to think how it would looks like being a rocky planet. Our solar system is amazing. 👨🏻‍🚀🪐

[anuragtumane]

Jupiter being a rocky planet would have some huge ramifications in the solar system.

[shaunosmorrison]

would be an interesting simulation to run in Universe Sandbox. Making Jupiter rocky but retaining the size and then trying to make it habitable

[juslewissr]

This channel is great for many reasons but I especially appreciate the fact that they aren't narrated by AI like so many others.

[MC-gjfg]

Only 4x heavier? That's surprising, actually. The largest constituent of a gas giant is typically hydrogen while it's typically silicon in rocky bodies. Silicon is 28× heavier than hydrogen.

[karlyeki]

I gotta admit I love this guys channel

[BlendedMozart]

I would like to see the same with Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. I would also like to see What If the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were gas planets

[fubaralakbar]

What if Saturn was a rocky planet?
The artist's impressions of the cloud tops on Cassini's reentry, made it look like a desert world.

[deshaughnmolette]

Since we can jump at 0.3 feet in the air on Jupiter, it's safe to say that we can definitely walk on Jupiter

[reivang]

I wish you woulda have what if it to where throwing science and physic out the window, What if Earth was the size of Jupiter.

Meaning, imagine how big the continent would be, how many people there would be, how many countries there would be. All the unknown land you can explore, all the animal and plants that there would be to discover.

The oceans would be enormous.

Imagine going to war with countries on the same planet but they are 10 earth apart 😳!

That’s the what if earth was the size of Jupiter I want!

[Jameswebbtelescope]

Can you do Saturn Uranus and Neptune next? Cause it would be cool to see how you guys make the surface