How to destroy a Giant Planet


	How to destroy a Giant Planet

Oortcloud

12-6-2007 11:44 PM

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jupiter, planet, astronomy, space

Oortcloud says:

I bet this would be something to see

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12-7-2007 1:17 PM

AtlLiberal

I bet this would be something to see

Best seen from a remote vantage point.

12-7-2007 1:19 PM

Eladora

wow!

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<A href="http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071205-planet-boil-02.jpg&cap=If+planets+creep+too+close+to+their+host+star%2C+their+atmospheres+are+blown+off+into+space+but+energetic+solar+output.+Here%2C+this+artist%E2%80%99s+impression+shows+an+extended+ellipsoidal+envelope+around+the+exoplanet+HD+209458b+being+cast+off+into+space.+Credit:+Alfred+Vidal-Madjar%2FEuropean+Space+Agency">doomed to catastrophe</A>?</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/space/scienceastronomy/071205-giant-planets.html"><SPAN>The study
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