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9/30/2005 11:21 AM

    Casey R (WM)

    Since jupiter is gas, similar to the sun, why doesn't jupiter blow up?

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    9/30/2005 1:38 PM
    Hi Casey,

    The gas that makes up Jupiter is held together in a ball by its own gravity. All the atoms attract each other because of their mass - the same thing that keeps us from floating off the Earth and into space.

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    Christina

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