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October 4th 04, 05:21 PM
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What exactly is a gas planet?
I keep hearing that Jupiter through Neptune are gas planets. What does
that mean? Are they really not solid anywhere? Thanks --Johnny johnnyg aattssiiggnn kc.rr.com barelybad.com 
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October 6th 04, 04:02 AM
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Johnny wrote:
I keep hearing that Jupiter through Neptune are gas planets. What does that mean? Are they really not solid anywhere? A misnomer harking back to the days when it was thought that they were gas throughout. The current models consist of liquids in various states surrounding a rocky metallic core.
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October 21st 04, 11:29 AM
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J. Scott Miller wrote:
Johnny wrote: I keep hearing that Jupiter through Neptune are gas planets. What does that mean? Are they really not solid anywhere? A misnomer harking back to the days when it was thought that they were gas throughout. The current models consist of liquids in various states surrounding a rocky metallic core. The interesting speculation was Jupiter having 'squoze' carbon at it's core, under unbelievable pressures, into a core of diamond. Fun stuff. TBerk
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