On Oct 4, 6:04*pm, ah wrote:
Double-A wrote:
On Oct 2, 6:30 pm, ah wrote:
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

What exectly?

It's not like the earth was a bb that gradually captured some gases from
across the Universe...
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There had to be large metal rock gravitational seeds to start the ball
rolling and capture the gas giants atmospheres. Metal-rock seems to be
standard for both type of planet.

Mitch Raemsch