The internal structure of the two largest Jovian planets (from the center outward)is a(n):
A) iron-nickel core (from which the Jovian magnetic field arises), a semifluid rocky mantle, and a solid rocky crust covered by a thin atmosphere.
B) rocky core covered by a very thick gaseous hydrogen and helium layer.
C) rocky core, a liquid "ice" layer, a liquid metallic hydrogen and helium layer, and an ordinary hydrogen and helium gaseous layer.
D) rocky core, a liquid methane mantle, and a gaseous methane atmosphere.

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The two largest Jovian planets, Jupiter and Saturn, have a rocky core, surrounded by a layer of liquid "ice" (composed of water, ammonia, and methane), a layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and helium, and an outer layer of gaseous hydrogen and helium.

The Internal Structure of the Two Largest Jovian Planets (From