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Gas giant

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A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Ammonia, Brown dwarf, Cassini–Huygens, Degenerate matter, Giant planet, Grand tack hypothesis, Gravity, Great Red Spot, Helium, Hot Jupiter, Hydrodynamic escape, Hydrogen, Ice giant, James Blish, Jupiter, Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism, Kepler-138, Kepler-1704b, List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System, List of planet types, Metallic hydrogen, Neptune, New Horizons, Nuclear fusion, Phase (matter), Physics Today, Saturn, Solar System, Uranus.

  2. Gas giants
  3. Types of planet

Ammonia

Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.

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Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that have more mass than the biggest gas giant planets, but less than the least massive main-sequence stars. Gas giant and Brown dwarf are types of planet.

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Cassini–Huygens

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

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Degenerate matter

Degenerate matter occurs when the Pauli exclusion principle significantly alters a state of matter at low temperature.

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Giant planet

A giant planet, sometimes referred to as a jovian planet (Jove being another name for the Roman god Jupiter), is a diverse type of planet much larger than Earth. Gas giant and giant planet are Solar System and types of planet.

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Grand tack hypothesis

In planetary astronomy, the grand tack hypothesis proposes that Jupiter formed at a distance of 3.5 AU from the Sun, then migrated inward to 1.5 AU, before reversing course due to capturing Saturn in an orbital resonance, eventually halting near its current orbit at 5.2 AU. Gas giant and grand tack hypothesis are Solar System.

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Gravity

In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass.

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Great Red Spot

The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm that is the largest in the Solar System.

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Helium

Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.

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Hot Jupiter

Hot Jupiters (sometimes called hot Saturns) are a class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter but that have very short orbital periods (. Gas giant and hot Jupiter are types of planet.

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Hydrodynamic escape

In atmospheric science, hydrodynamic escape refers to a thermal atmospheric escape mechanism that can lead to the escape of heavier atoms of a planetary atmosphere through numerous collisions with lighter atoms.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Ice giant

An ice giant is a giant planet composed mainly of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Gas giant and ice giant are Solar System.

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James Blish

James Benjamin Blish was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Gas giant and Jupiter are gas giants and Solar System.

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Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism

The Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism is an astronomical process that occurs when the surface of a star or a planet cools.

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Kepler-138

Kepler-138, also known as KOI-314, is a red dwarf located in the constellation Lyra, 219 light years from Earth.

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Kepler-1704b

Kepler-1704b is a super-Jupiter on a highly eccentric orbit around the star Kepler-1704.

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List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System

This is a list of most likely gravitationally rounded objects (GRO) of the Solar System, which are objects that have a rounded, ellipsoidal shape due to their own gravity (but are not necessarily in hydrostatic equilibrium). Gas giant and list of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System are Solar System.

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List of planet types

The following is a list of planet types by their mass, orbit, physical and chemical composition, or by another classification. Gas giant and list of planet types are types of planet.

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Metallic hydrogen

Metallic hydrogen is a phase of hydrogen in which it behaves like an electrical conductor.

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Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. Gas giant and Neptune are gas giants and Solar System.

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New Horizons

New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.

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Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei, usually deuterium and tritium (hydrogen isotopes), combine to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).

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Phase (matter)

In the physical sciences, a phase is a region of material that is chemically uniform, physically distinct, and (often) mechanically separable.

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Physics Today

Physics Today is the membership magazine of the American Institute of Physics.

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Gas giant and Saturn are gas giants and Solar System.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Gas giant and Uranus are gas giants and Solar System.

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See also

Gas giants

Types of planet

References

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

Also known as Gas Giants, Gas giant planet, Gas planet, Gas planets, Gas-giant, Gaseous giant, Gaseous planets, Gassy planet, Gassy planets, Giant gas planet.