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Marlsfarp t1_iud3cus wrote

No, you are correct that as the pressure increases, it eventually compresses to liquid and solid. And bathe cores of the planets are made of heavier elements that are solid anyway. But they are mostly gas.

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Runiat t1_iud7vjw wrote

>it eventually compresses to liquid and solid.

Note: in Jupiter's case, it compresses to a hypercritical fluid and then various solids we've been trying to recreate using diamond anvils and explosives.

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