Article: CYGNUS PLANET CONTAINS THREE SUNS.(News)

Encyclopedia entry: giant planets
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      688 words ...giant planets Our Solar System contains four giant planets which are so massive (Table 1) that their solid interiors ... Major storm systems have been observed on all four giant planets, but only on Jupiter do they persist for more than ...

Article: Gas-giant planets like Jupiter, Saturn form soon ...
The Hindustan Times;  January 9, 2007 ;     619 words ... ... Space Telescope have found that gas-giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn form within ... study offers new evidence that gas-giant planets form early in a star's history ... members, said "This indicates that gas giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn have already ...

Article: Forced-Dissipative Shallow-Water Turbulence on the Sphere and the ...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... simplest model for the atmospheres of the giant planets, the turbulent forced-dissipative ... with parameter values typical of the giant planets are presented, confirming many of ... Introduction The banded appearance of the giant planets and their rich atmospheric features ...

Article: MOIST CONVECTION CAN DRIVE JET STREAMS ON ALL FOUR GIANT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... multiple east-west jet streams on the giant planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ... first high-resolution images of the giant planets were returned by the Pioneer and Voyager ... streams resembling those on the four giant planets. In the simulations, condensation ...

Article: One way into the hot seat. (close proximity of giant ...
Science News;  November 23, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Recent discoveries of giant planets orbiting within spitting distance ... explanation, one requiring two giant planets to knock each other off course ... In computer simulations, two giant planets born close together usually pull ...

Article: LAB MODEL REVEALS HOW GIANT PLANETS FORMED
United Press International;  July 14, 2004 ;     342 words ... ... 07-14-2004 Lab model reveals how giant planets formed LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Jul 14 ... COMTEX) -- U.S. scientists said the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn apparently formed ... processes. Jupiter, Saturn and the other giant planets are made up of gases, like the sun ...

Article: 'Giant' planets could be a more common phenomenon, ...
The Hindustan Times;  August 8, 2007 ;     546 words ... ... brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Aug. 8 -- Giant planets could be a more common phenomena than previously believed ... inherently less rich in metal. If so, the findings suggest that giant planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune can form readily ...