Figure 36.22 Interior structures of Jupiter and Saturn.

The interiors of both Jupiter and Saturn are believed to have three regions: a rocky core, a metallic hydrogen shell, and a layer of molecular hydrogen. Saturn's rocky core is larger than Jupiter's, and it has a much smaller liquid metallic hydrogen mantle. (From Kaufmann and Comins, Discovering the Universe, 4th ed.)

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