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If a sphere made of solid diamond is dropped from the stratosphere of a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn, what happens after it hits the layer of metallic hydrogen? It shouldn't melt, but would it eventually strike the solid core?

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If a sphere made of solid diamond is dropped from the stratosphere of a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn, what happens after it hits the layer of metallic hydrogen? It shouldn't melt, but would it eventually strike the solid core?	1