An ice giant is a giant planet composed mainly of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. There are two...
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ice giant is a type of giant planet composed largely of 'ices', volatile materials heavier than hydrogen and helium. Ice giant, Ice Giant, ice giants...
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which have different compositions, as ice giants. Both names are potentially misleading; the Solar System's giant planets all consist primarily of fluids...
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are referred to as "ices"). For this reason, Uranus and Neptune are now often classified in the separate category of ice giants. Jupiter and Saturn consist...
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Five-planet Nice model (redirect from Hypothetical fifth gas giant)
of the Nice model. It begins with five giant planets, the four that exist today plus an additional ice giant between Saturn and Uranus in a chain of...
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Jumping-Jupiter scenario (section Fifth giant planet)
jumping-Jupiter scenario specifies an evolution of giant-planet migration described by the Nice model, in which an ice giant (Uranus, Neptune, or an additional Neptune-mass...
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Uranus (category Ice giants)
cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or volatiles...
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Look up giant, giants, Giant, or Giants in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength...
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absorption spectra of ice XI was studied in 2009 in preparation for searches for ice XI in space. It is theorized that the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune...
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Ice Age Giants is a British television documentary series created and produced by BBC Natural History Unit, first shown in the UK on BBC Two and BBC Two...
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launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and enabled further encounters with the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. It remains the only...
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trans-Neptunian object that is locked in a 2:3 orbital resonance with the ice giant Neptune, making two revolutions around the Sun to every three of Neptune's...
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Neptune (category Ice giants)
and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth and slightly more massive, but denser and smaller, than fellow ice giant Uranus. Being composed...
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Odyssey, that would address many of the same scientific goals regarding ice giants was also considered, but for logistical and cost reasons a mission to...
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The giant squid (Architeuthis dux) is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae. It can grow to a tremendous size, offering...
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Late Heavy Bombardment (section Giant-planet migration)
an ice giant and Saturn that propels the ice giant onto a Jupiter-crossing orbit followed by an encounter with Jupiter that drives the ice giant outward...
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higher than Earth's, but substantially below those of the Solar System's ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, which are 14.5 and 17 times Earth's, respectively...
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logistical reasons the Uranus Orbiter and Probe mission was selected as the ice giant orbiter mission recommendation, with top priority ahead of the Enceladus...
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the Nice model has the Solar System begin with five giant planets, including an additional ice giant, in a chain of mean-motion resonances. About 400 million...
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Extraterrestrial liquid water (section Ice giants)
cryovolcanic magma consisting of water ice softened by its content of salts. The "ice giant" (sometimes known as "water giant") planets Uranus and Neptune are...
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between Saturn and the two ice giants, which propel Neptune and Uranus onto much more eccentric orbits. These ice giants then plough into the planetesimal...
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"Revisiting the ice giants: NASA study considers Uranus and Neptune missions". Planetary Society. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017. "Ice Giant Mission Study...
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Nebular hypothesis (section Giant planets)
planets can migrate over long distances during or after their formation. Ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune are thought to be failed cores, which formed...
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is stable at high pressure; hence it may form in the interior of the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune, where water and methane are common. By loss...
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An ice cream sandwich is a frozen dessert consisting of ice cream between two biscuits, wafers, soft cookies, or other baked goods. The ingredients are...
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Frost Giant Studios, a video game developer formed in 2020 Ice giant (disambiguation) Giants of the Frost, a 2004 horror/fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins This...
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Look up ice or ICE in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ice is the solid form of water. Ice or ICE may also refer to: ICE (scanning) (Image Correction and...
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trans-Neptunian objects, astronomers hypothesized the existence of a super-Earth or ice giant planet, 2 to 15 times the mass of the Earth and beyond 200 AU with possibly...
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home to the Hershey Bears ice hockey team, the longest-existing member of the American Hockey League, operating since 1938. Giant Center replaced Hersheypark...
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Bison latifrons (redirect from Giant Bison)
PMC 5380047. PMID 28289222. Hoganson, JW (2002). "Occurrence of the Giant Ice Age Bison, Bison latifrons, in North Dakota" (PDF). NDGS Newsletter. 29...
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