The overall interior structure of the Jovian planets is expected to be
A) three-layered: a rocky core covered by liquid metallic hydrogen and a thin gaseous hydrogen/helium atmosphere.
B) four-layered: a rocky core, a semifluid ice layer that may overlap with the rocky core, a liquid mantle of hydrogen, and a gaseous hydrogen and helium atmosphere.
C) two-layered: a large, solid, rocky core surrounded by an extensive gaseous atmosphere.
D) four-layered: a solid inner core, a liquid iron outer core, a semifluid rocky mantle, and a solid crust.
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