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Re:Solid metallic hydrogen has been produced in the laboratory by mmastrac on Friday November 04, 2016 @10:09PM (#12877752)
Would the pressures in a Jovian not be enough to form metallic hydrogen?
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Re:Solid metallic hydrogen has been produced in the laboratory by JoshTriplett on Saturday November 05, 2016 @01:39AM (#12878359)
To get solid metallic hydrogen, you'd need both high pressure and low temperatures; in the celestial bodies that can provide the former, the latter seems unlikely.
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Re:Solid metallic hydrogen has been produced in the laboratory by sixbrx on Saturday November 05, 2016 @10:14AM (#12879847)
Jupiter is indeed believed to have a liquid metallic hydrogen core, which is the source of its enormous magnetic field:

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/0...

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Re:Solid metallic hydrogen has been produced in the laboratory by zeristor on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:27PM (#12877987)
By Jove?!
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Re:Solid metallic hydrogen has been produced in the laboratory by sho on Saturday November 05, 2016 @02:38AM (#12878487)
Your attempt at humour has been rightly sanctioned, but you weren't all that far from the mark. Jove is another name for the roman god Jupiter, and as such a Jovian planet is one that resembles Jupiter - ie. large gas giants, where metallic hydrogen is certainly thought to exist in nature.

Not by Jove - inside Jove.

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