Figure 36.32 Interior structures of Uranus and Neptune.

The interiors of Uranus and Neptune are thought to consist of a rocky core, surrounded by a compressed liquid water mantle, which is in turn surrounded by a layer of liquid hydrogen and helium. (From Kaufmann and Comins, Discovering the Universe, 4th ed.)

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