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Formation of the Giant Planets
Formation of the Giant Planets
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The fast way assumes that Jupiter formed much the way the Sun did the gas in one region of the solar nebula became sufficiently dense that its collective gravity caused it to collapse in a spherically symmetric manner. If created this way, Jupiter would resemble an object known as a brown dwarf a star with insufficient mass to sustain nuclear fusion reactions in its core.
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Similarly, the polar nature of the orbit Guiding Themes Addressed Important Planetary Science Questions Addressed Profile Jupiter Polar Orbiter with Probes Mission Type: Orbiter with atmospheric probes Cost Class: Medium Priority Measurements: · Probe Jupiter's interior with gravity and magnetic field measurements from a polar orbit. · Measure condensable gas abundances, temperature, wind velocity, and cloud opacity down to the 1 00-bar pressure level.
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