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Old October 3rd 08, 02:30 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default How the gas Giants planets gathered their gas at formation

Double-A wrote:
On Sep 28, 7:37 am, ah wrote:
BURT wrote:
I believe they started as a huge rock metal core greater than the
mass
of the earth that was capable of gathering their huge gas atmospheres
through great gravity. Gas by itself does not possess enough gravity.


Next time you make a fire, set a stone in it for an hour, or so.

When the flames die-down, place a leaf on the stone.

Imagine the stone being as large as The Moon, its gravity hugging all the
byproducts of that thermal transfer...
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ah



Huh?

Double-A


Exactly.
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ah