giant planet
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgiantandplanet
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giant
adjective
uk/ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/us/ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/
extremely ...
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planet
noun[C]
uk/ˈplæn.ɪt/us/ˈplæn.ɪt/
an extremely large, round mass of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves in a circular path around the sun or ...
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(Definition ofgiantandplanetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They do not model the preceding migration of thegiantplanetand the disc material it passes through is assumed to be lost.
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In each of these, a singlegiantplanetis known to exist on a nearly circular orbit inside the habitable zone of the system.
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However, his work does not address any of the questions involving the actual effect ofgiantplanetmigration on an interior planet-forming disc.
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Information in italics indicates planetary systems with more than onegiantplanet.
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The first one has two massive planets and the second one consists of a terrestrial planet and agiantplanet.
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The variations in the populations due to the changes in the mass of thegiantplanetare clear to see.
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A reduced efficiency of terrestrial planet formation followinggiantplanetmigration.
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Estimation of a lower age limit is more problematic as it must rely on our incomplete theories ofgiantplanetformation.
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Any object lying between the two dotted curves in the upper panel has an orbit that crosses that of thegiantplanet.
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No dynamical or tidal effects of thegiantplaneton the gas and particles respectively are yet apparent as it has only just been inserted.
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It can also be used to re-evaluate known systems, when orbital parameters of anygiantplanet(s) are updated.
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This resonant excitation is mostly responsible for generating the population of scattered objects that are seen to be accumulating in orbits exterior to thegiantplanet.
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Survival of terrestrial planets in the presence ofgiantplanetmigration.
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Four protoplanets are seen to be currently crossing the orbit of thegiantplanetand are in the process of being fed into the scattered disc.
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The key to satisfying the constraints appears to be a grain opacity substantially less than the interstellar value, consistent with recent calculations of grain settling ingiantplanetatmospheres.
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The analysis of orbital stability of (hypothetical) terrestrial planets in extra-solar planetary systems has to take into account the effects of thegiantplanet(s) in those systems.
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Migration andgiantplanetformation.
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Giantplanetcore formation is thought to proceed roughly along the lines of the terrestrial planet formation.
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