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#xkcd No. 3083
Date: 2025-4-30
Title: Jupiter Core
Alt text: Juno mission data suggests that Jupiter actually contains Matryoshka doll-style nested copies of every other planet in the Solar System.
https://xkcd.com/3083/

Description: Comic displays eight sectional views of Jupiter with various center contents. Each view is labeled with a humorous, alternative theory about Jupiter's core. Transcript: CURRENT LEADING THEORIES FOR WHAT'S IN THE CENTER OF JUPITER. [First sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] DIFFUSE MIX OF HEAVY ELEMENTS AND METALLIC HYDROGEN [Second sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] ROCKY CORE WITH METALLIC HYDROGEN MANTLE [Third sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] VALUABLE TREASURE [Fourth sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] EMERGENCY BACKUP EARTH [Fifth sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] REGULAR PLANET PRETENDING TO BE A GAS GIANT TO AVOID ATTENTION [Sixth sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] HARD BALL FROM AVOCADO [Seventh sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] BABY JUPITER, STILL GESTATING [Eighth sectional view of the planet Jupiter.] NO CORE; FLAT EARTH CONSPIRACISTS ARE WRONG ABOUT EARTH BUT RIGHT ABOUT JUPITER