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Jupiter and the other Giants: A Comparative Study

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The four giant planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - have common properties which make them very different from the terrestrial planets: located at large distances from the Sun, they have big sizes and masses but low densities; they all have a ring system and a large number of satellites. These common properties can be understood in the light of their formation scenario, based upon the accretion of protosolar gas on an initial icy core. Giant planets have been explored by space missions (Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, Galileo and Cassini) but also by Earth-orbiting satellites and ground-based telescopes. There are still open questions related to the origin and evolution of the giant planets, in particular their moderate migration, the origin of the cold planetesimals which formed Jupiter, the origin of the atmospheric dynamics in Jupiter and Saturn, and the differences in the internal structures of Uranus and Neptune.

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hal-03734087 , version 1 (21-07-2022)

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Thérèse Encrenaz. Jupiter and the other Giants: A Comparative Study. Galileo's Medicean Moons - their impact on 400 years of Discovery, IAU Symposium 269, Jan 2010, Padova, Italy, Italy. pp.155-164, ⟨10.1017/S1743921310007362⟩. ⟨hal-03734087⟩
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