What If Jupiter Transformed Into a Rocky Planet?

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Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter looks like a beautiful ball of swirling clouds, but on the inside, it's a gaseous hell. But what if things took a different turn for the king of the Solar System? What if Jupiter wasn't a gas giant at all? What if, instead, it was a rock giant?
00:00 What If Jupiter Was a Rocky Planet?
00:53 Gas Giant Jupiter
01:56 Thank you Brilliant for sponsoring this episode!
02:52 Jupiterocalypse
04:11 Jupiter's Surface
05:33 Massive Storms
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[@goodboychrismas3263]

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[@chalaKstaRofficial1225]

Bro is jupiter gas or land?

[@NIGTMARE_Luna]

​@@chalaKstaRofficial1225it is a gass giant but what if says that uf it was rocky planet things would be really different for us and our solary cestem

[@NIGTMARE_Luna]

I meant "solar system" and "if"

[@user-my2yb3yj7w]

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[@jamesmakume2630]

Vegeta: 10 times normal gravity? I don't even feel it.

[@luisvelez1952]

I was expecting a DBZ comment on this one.

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[@Neil_Rex]

bro trains in 400 gravity

[@D00DM00D]

Bro could train standing on the Sun

[@kiggs-piggs]

Dude the editors at what if successfully made every concept terrifying

[@kannanr4323]

Jupiter - enormous appetite for gas Meanwhile my car:

[@dennesey]

I would have literally never asked this question in my lifetime...which is why such a detailed answer is so much more impressive. That image of Jupiter heading right for us at 7:26 is now on my bucket list.

[@francisangelopantalla4177]

Him:no gas Also him:a very thick atmosphere

[@floppa615]

"Sun, can i take some hydrogen and helium?" "No"

[@Nighttextquestions1]

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[@user-yt8bw7po9k]

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[@tankhistoryfordummies]

If Jupiter were a rocky planet, the density would be insanely high as enormous pressure builds at the core, further compressing the core and thus requiring more mass just to maintain the same size as the actual Jupiter. Earth would likely be pulled further from the sun and same with Mars. Saturn might lose many of its furthest moons due to Jupiter capturing them.

[@anuragtumane5227]

Jupiter being a rocky planet would have some huge ramifications in the solar system.

[@lookitsash5765]

Like what?

[@darkyboode3239]

When I was a kid I thought Jupiter’s surface was covered in mud with some small rocky islands sticking out. Though it has a tiny rocky core, but it’s mostly an atmosphere made up of gas.

[@RICHEST28]

Exactly thinking from India

[@sagittarianwolf8513]

It's core is much as large as Earth's diameter and covered with deep ocean of liquid metal. And thick gas for it's atmosphere.

[@scorpion-man28]

We should see what would happen if Saturn or the ice giants Uranus and Neptune were rocky as well =)

[@shaunosmorrison8385]

would be an interesting simulation to run in Universe Sandbox. Making Jupiter rocky but retaining the size and then trying to make it habitable

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

So do it and then tell us what you found out.

[@woltersworld]

Cool idea

[@Leo-pd4fc]

Its really hard to think what gas planets looks like inside it but it would be easier to think how it would looks like being a rocky planet. Our solar system is amazing. 👨🏻‍🚀🪐

[@user-td3du7jk2x]

The center is a big Diamond. Pure Carbon goes straight to the center and is put under so much pressure it is transformed into something else. And if it were rocky, you couldn't stand on it, the gravity would be eleven times that of where you are standing right now. If you weren't crushed your heart might explode.

[@davidsheckler4450]

It's not really hard to think...to know this is CGI nonsense

[@davidsheckler4450]

​@@user-td3du7jk2xPls show us you went there & verified this

[@kingcorey9762]

​@davidsheckler4450 the video yes its CGI but the other parts like the planets are not.😂😂😂

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[@jus10lewissr]

This channel is great for many reasons but I especially appreciate the fact that they aren't narrated by AI like so many others.

[@MC-gj8fg]

Only 4x heavier? That's surprising, actually. The largest constituent of a gas giant is typically hydrogen while it's typically silicon in rocky bodies. Silicon is 28× heavier than hydrogen.

[@ALuimes]

Actually most "rocky" planets are mostly metallic like iron, except the crust and mantle, so they'd be even denser.

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[@tlotpwist3417]

It would need a training montage of Jupiter running next to the coach bike or up stairs to become a Rocky planet

[@fubaralakbar6800]

What if Saturn was a rocky planet? The artist's impressions of the cloud tops on Cassini's reentry, made it look like a desert world.

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[@BlendedMozart]

I would like to see the same with Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. I would also like to see What If the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were gas planets

[@wajidmanzoor5819]

Literally I was thinking the same

[@Jameswebbtelescope7484]

Can you do Saturn Uranus and Neptune next? Cause it would be cool to see how you guys make the surface

[@deshaughnmolette9205]

Since we can jump at 0.3 feet in the air on Jupiter, it's safe to say that we can definitely walk on Jupiter

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I was just binge watching what if when this got uploaded

[@reivang7196]

I wish you woulda have what if it to where throwing science and physic out the window, What if Earth was the size of Jupiter. Meaning, imagine how big the continent would be, how many people there would be, how many countries there would be. All the unknown land you can explore, all the animal and plants that there would be to discover. The oceans would be enormous. Imagine going to war with countries on the same planet but they are 10 earth apart 😳! That’s the what if earth was the size of Jupiter I want!

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Nice Video! Interesting thing to think about..

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Would like a see, what if clouds froze solid and fell to the ground

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Then you get free ice.

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[@thealextrifier]

Could help if we create artificial gravity machines that we could attach to ourselves that'd allow us to have automatic earth gravity wherever in the universe we go

[@darkgodbeastkaijubloodlust4553]

I think it would be cool if I could adapt to gravitational stress better it would take longer than yours still cooler would have to workout constantly and avoid accidents I don't think car accidents would help think I would go for strong skeleton and heart

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I'm sure if a rocky planet is as big as a gas giant it would turn into a bright lava star.

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[@DrunkPanda239]

2:52 thats actually creepy because it looks like a Jupiter sized eye ball.

[@Mdriver1981]

Even if there was enough accretion for such an object, gravity would never allow a solid object to get that big. It would crush it into either a large brown dwarf or a small red dwarf.

[@StarlightMom]

That would be cool if Jupiter was an RockY planet :]

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Do one on the global boiling they talking about.

[@phanhuyduc2395]

If we define the "surface" of Jupiter is where the atmosphere pressure is exactly the same here like Earth, can you " float" on it ?

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[@darkgodbeastkaijubloodlust4553]

How long would it take to pump all the gas out of Jupiter what if you make hollow biosphere have gravity around edge and core is star?

[@deac_eats]

"Rocky Jupiter Sun Sun can i be bigger?" "Ofc Not 😂"

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5:11 what HBO show is that?

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[@Joe-wk9ow]

I think there's a reason we don't have a giant Jupiter version of a rocky planet. In fact I think we are not just a rocky planet but also a gas planet. I have a feeling all of the planets are failed stars. Like hot and cold there is a boundary between rocky and gas planets. I can't explain it as I am only a thinker. As the more gravity a planet has the more dense it becomes. Almost like a vacuum.

[@3DEditor]

If Jupiter was a "Rocky" planet, it would have to fight "Apollo" 13.

[@planetarystargazer]

What If Saturn was a rocky planet

[@Eric-Matthews_SAW2-SAW4]

Saturn would probably have brazing sand on it like mars

[@sarthaksharma6973]

Make a video on what if we could fly. Pleaseeeeeeeeeee

[@maggiereyes1272]

Since the gravity is so strong, there would not be giant animals. Their bones simply can't handle the gravity

[@carlosfixon5077]

They always say its a gas giant and has no surface. However, what about its history with asteroids and so on hitting it could that not possibly start to create a solid surface.

[@ALuimes]

A rocky planet the size of Jupiter would have such a hot core it might be a lava world; too hot to even have a crust. Or maybe even crush the electron shells of atoms, collapsing into something like a white dwarf.

[@josephparadise9726]

3:30 I didn’t know king Kai lived there. Is that where Snake Way ends?!

[@eyegamer2]

so lets be thankful that we got so lucky

[@anujjagtapaj]

What happen if we try to plant tree on the moon and supply it water is that works....???

[@773Spair]

o.k., but what if Jupiter had the same mass as in reality, but were rocky?

[@EyesOfByes]

Probably what happened to that titan sub

[@Randysubramani8732]

How do you know dis 😮👏👏

[@phaurcghjvk]

Imagine we live in a big hard rock that attracted in the ball of rock that have more mass than the earth.

[@Aduysvmncmkouyf]

I had a stroke trying to understand this

[@edot5486]

Why would the oceans boil? Wouldn’t higher atmospheric pressure lead to a higher boiler point?

[@Eric-Matthews_SAW2-SAW4]

Imagine going to Jupiter then you fall right away then you die in 1 minute 💀

[@IcyEdits2911]

What

[@havnmartin]

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[@LordRichard5451]

It is what would happen.. We would probably be shredded in the atmospheric plunge alone.

[@Eric-Matthews_SAW2-SAW4]

​@@LordRichard5451but I don't know about melting on Jupiter

[@lexiconprime7211]

​@@Eric-Matthews_SAW2-SAW4No, not melting, shredded. Winds on Jupiter are fast enough to tear the flesh off your bones.

[@joyboyskyhigh]

It's core will be defenetly solid

[@tumatihemanthkumar4558]

Hi

[@rishichaudharyy]

I love how he makes time blocks so we can skip that shitty sponsor part

[@Colossaltitannwkwbend]

Now its the true biggest planet in the solar system

[@movitrivia]

This is such an interesting concept! It's amazing to think about how Jupiter has the potential to become a rocky planet

[@calumbrooknicolson]

Here’s An Idea: What If Earth Was A Gas Planet?

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

Then Earth becomes Earthpiter.

[@Goldenzeno]

What if we were a type 4 civilization

[@io3116]

Music on 3:11 pls:))

[@markmorris76]

Jupiter is basically an unborn star. Kind of an interesting thought but I doubt any rocky planets are that size.

[@skandaprasad5107]

What if Saturn became Rocky planet

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[@themoneycrewnetwork]

That true but same goes to another scenario which is also Rocky giant Jupiter could have a gravity pressure earth because of it mass size all the gravity spread through out the surface equally and because it's a Rocky giant loss most of its gravitational pull also because it's far from the sun it's surface would be like Antarctica because it's atmosphere is not thick because of its size this also what could happen however we won't talk about it

[@Earth-pla]

If jupiter became habitable we can live there💀

[@haircafekevin]

So Jupiter wouuld become Planet Vegeta.

[@johnb6723]

If it was a rocky planet, walking on it would break your legs.

[@PlasmonixRBX]

Anyone wanna talk about Jupiter's Green eye?

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Yo

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Jupiter

[@kaushik1677]

10x gravity. King Kai's planet. Time to learn kaiokein

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I see that we are still learning our...WHAT IF?

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Hell we do, of course

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lol I wish gaz base lifeform was a thing.

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Can we communicate

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Just check uranus.

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"Real Life Krypton?"

[@abdsamade100]

how about a video of: " what if humans height and limbs didn't stop growing " x)

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Can we communicate

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[@damo4442]

I thought Jupiter would condense being a rocky planet.

[@kunalbarve6889]

What if we suck all the gas through machines and use it for our interstellar missions

[@TreeFortBoyz]

For me I was wondering what that green spot on rocky Jupiter's surface is. I was thinking it may have been a storm, but you guys help me out in the comments! :)

[@BilkMucketYT]

Once i was watching a video (either form neptunian guy or space chip) they were throwing Jupiter's at te sun in universe sandbox And one Jupiter lost its gas and became a rocky planet

[@konnor9577]

So it becomes planet vegeta

[@NanobanaKinako]

I don't think that's logical unless we make Jupiter a super earth. It's too big to be a rocky planet.d

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If Jupiter was a star

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Impossible he would be like one big giant mt

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[@julianrocks91]

What if Jupiter sucked enough gas to become a star in the middle of our solar system

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What if there is no comercial any more😂