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gas giant
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gas giant

In astronomy, any of the four large outer planets of the Solar System, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which consist largely of gas and whose visible surfaces are not solid, though they have solid cores.



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If the orbital period of the Jovian planet and the period of the lighter weight bodies ahead of it happen to relate to one another in simple whole-number multiples, then the gravitational interaction is enhanced.
Too darn hot: an abundance of alien earths by Cowen, Ron / Science News
Ten million years is more than enough time to build a Jovian planet from itinerant gas and dust, notes Boss.
Less Massive than Saturn? by COWEN, RON / Science News
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