This episode is about Jupiter and a surprising fact: it has no true solid surface. Jupiter consists mainly of swirling gases and liquids. That means it is not a solid world with…
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You’re listening to Daily Random Facts, a short look at something you may not know.
Welcome to Slow English FM’s Random Facts. This episode is about Jupiter and a surprising fact: it has no true solid surface.
EmmaJupiter consists mainly of swirling gases and liquids. That means it is not a solid world with firm ground where a spacecraft could land. Its main materials are gases and liquids, moving in swirling patterns. The important point is not simply that Jupiter is a planet. It is that Jupiter has no true solid surface. When we picture a planet, we may imagine solid ground. That picture does not fit Jupiter. There is no true solid surface to land on. Instead, the planet is made mainly of swirling gases and liquids. So Jupiter is not a solid place to land. Jupiter has no true solid surface.
Vocabulary in this episode
- consists mainly of
Jupiter consists mainly of swirling gases and liquids.
This means that most of Jupiter is made up of gases and liquids.
- firm ground
That means it is not a solid world with firm ground where a spacecraft could land.
This means hard, stable land that can support a spacecraft.
- swirling patterns
Its main materials are gases and liquids, moving in swirling patterns.
These are curved movements that turn around as the gases and liquids move.