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Originally Posted by Fram
According to Wikipedia, the amounts of heavy elements found were consistent with what was expected to be found in a comet. So not plenty of heavy elements from Jupiter, sadly... |
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As well as these molecules, emission from metal atoms such as iron, magnesium and silicon was detected, with the abundances of these atoms being consistent with what would be found in a cometary nucleus. While substantial water was detected spectroscopically, it was not as much as predicted beforehand, meaning that either the water layer thought to exist below the clouds was thinner than predicted, or that the cometary fragments did not penetrate deeply enough.
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Hmm. They find sulfur consistent with volcanic activity and iron, silicon and magnesium. I fail to see how that suggests that Jupiter is made of mostly hydrogen. In fact, these elements aren't just consistent with comets, but with planetary bodies in general. Again there is absolutely NO evidence based on these observations to suggest that Jupiter is mostly hydrogrogen.