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A shadowy birthplace may explain Jupiter’s strange chemistry
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07/07/2021 09:30 PM | Click to read full article
Jupiter may have formed in a shadow that kept the planet’s birthplace colder than Pluto. The frigid temperature could explain the giant world’s unusual abundance of certain gases, a new study suggests.
Jupiter consists mostly of hydrogen and helium, which were the most common elements in the planet-spawning disk that spun around the newborn sun.