10/29/2008 - Giant Planet Formation

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Feb 27, 2009Government & Organizations

Dr. Jack Lissauer , Space Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center The observed properties of giant planets, models of their evolution, and observations of protoplanetary disks all provide constraints on the formatio...

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