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Gas Giants (Outer Solar System)


Gas Giants (Outer Solar System)

In the cold outer solar nebula, where our Sun's gravity was weaker, much larger planetary embryos formed. The largest ones swept up other embryos, planetesimals, and nebular gas, leading to the formation of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.


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