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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

Hmmm, I thought Jupiter was a gas giant and that it had little to no surface to speak of. I think your information is incorrect about the temperature of the surface spiking.

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/jupiter_worldbook.html

oops you're correct sir.

jupiter has no surface.

EDIT: i remember reading in a 'space believe it or not' book that jupiter has a density something like 0.68 of water, or around milkshake level! pretty wierd.