Jupiter's core consists of rocky material like that from which the terrestrial planets formed.How does Jupiter's core compare with Earth?
A) It is larger than Earth in both size and mass.
B) It is considerably larger in mass, but Jupiter's gravity has compressed it to about Earth's size.
C) Because most of the terrestrial materials were in the inner part of the solar nebula, Jupiter's core is smaller than Earth in both size and mass.
D) Because of Jupiter's enormous rate of spin, the core is not spherical. So the size is difficult to compare to Earth, but the core's mass appears to be smaller than Earth's mass.
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