• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Spring on Jupiter is delightful! The way the helium3 layer playful mixes with the metallic lithium layer… majestic.

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      5 days ago

      Doubtful. Jupiter’s atmosphere is almost exclusively comprised of hydrogen and regular helium (helium-4). Helium-3 mainly forms due to nuclear fusion processes (like in our sun) and Jupiter’s core isn’t hot enough for that. There is also no “lithium layer”, lithium is maybe a trace element on Jupiter but not something you’d regularly see outside of the core.

      You might have been on Ganymed, or Io and mistaken sulfur for helium.