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Gas torus

Index Gas torus

A gas torus is a toroidal cloud of gas or plasma that encircles a planet. [1]

20 relations: Atmosphere, Cassini–Huygens, Enceladus, Europa (moon), Gas giant, Io (moon), Jupiter, Larry Niven, Magnetic field, Magnetosphere of Jupiter, Neutron star, Nitrogen, Plasma (physics), Saturn, Solar System, The Integral Trees, The Smoke Ring (novel), Titan (moon), Torus, Voyager program.

Atmosphere

An atmosphere is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body.

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Cassini–Huygens

The Cassini–Huygens mission, commonly called Cassini, was a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.

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Enceladus

Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn.

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Europa (moon)

Europa or as Ευρώπη (Jupiter II) is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet.

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Gas giant

A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium.

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Io (moon)

Io (Jupiter I) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer.

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Magnetic field

A magnetic field is a vector field that describes the magnetic influence of electrical currents and magnetized materials.

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Magnetosphere of Jupiter

The magnetosphere of Jupiter is the cavity created in the solar wind by the planet's magnetic field.

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Neutron star

A neutron star is the collapsed core of a large star which before collapse had a total of between 10 and 29 solar masses.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.

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Plasma (physics)

Plasma (Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon, on Perseus) is one of the four fundamental states of matter, and was first described by chemist Irving Langmuir in the 1920s.

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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The Integral Trees

The Integral Trees is a 1984 science fiction novel by Larry Niven (first published as a serial in Analog in 1983).

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The Smoke Ring (novel)

The Smoke Ring is a 1987 science fiction novel by Larry Niven.

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Titan (moon)

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn.

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Torus

In geometry, a torus (plural tori) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circle.

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Voyager program

The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, to study the outer Solar System.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_torus

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