How Big Can a Planet Be? With Very Large Gas Giants, It Can Be Hard to Tell
February 09, 2026
February 09, 2026
LA JOLLA, California, Feb. 9 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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How Big Can a Planet Be? With Very Large Gas Giants, It Can Be Hard to Tell
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The extreme distances at which these planets orbit around their star and their large masses made astronomers question if this system could have formed through core accretion. Indeed, original models of planet formation based on our solar system predicted that . . .
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How Big Can a Planet Be? With Very Large Gas Giants, It Can Be Hard to Tell
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The extreme distances at which these planets orbit around their star and their large masses made astronomers question if this system could have formed through core accretion. Indeed, original models of planet formation based on our solar system predicted that . . .