The Solar System: God's Heavenly Handiwork by Jason Lisle

Author:Jason Lisle [Lisle, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Institute for Creation Research
Published: 2014-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Jupiter

Jupiter does not possess a solid surface but is an enormous spheroid of gas held together by its own gravity. It is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, the same gases as the sun. However, its much cooler temperature allows the formation of molecules such as ammonia, water, and methane from various trace elements. These molecular compounds create Jupiter’s colorful cloud formations.

Jupiter is massive—the equivalent of 318 Earths! If we could put it on a scale, it would weigh more than twice as much as all the other planets combined. Jupiter is so massive that its gravity slightly, but noticeably, affects the motions of the other planets.

A number of Jupiter’s properties are difficult to explain in a multi-billion-year framework. One is its strong magnetic field. Since magnetic fields naturally decay with time, how could Jupiter maintain such a powerful field over billions of years? And Jupiter emits nearly twice the amount of energy that it receives from the sun. If Jupiter were really billions of years old, why hasn’t it cooled off by now?

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