Terrestrial planets by comparison have Oxidizing Atmospheres . May be a persistent atmospheric instability. Internal Energy Jupiter radiates about 2.5x more energy at Infrared wavelengths than it receives from the Sun. Jupiter is slowly contracting under its own weight.
Slow contraction releases gravitational energy, heating the deep interior.
This internal heat helps power Jupiter's weather. Circulation currents in the metallic hydrogen generate Jupiter's huge magnetic field. Copyright 1999 Richard W. Pogge, All Rights Reserved.