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...reduction in the size of pebbles as they lose water ice after crossing the ice line and a declining density of gas with distance from the sun slow the rat ...bble accretion with the final mass and composition of the solar system ice giants [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]].<ref name=helled_2014>{{cite journal|last=Helled ...

...of 11 or 15 Earth masses, suggesting that it is likely a [[Neptune]]-like ice giant. Unlike [[HD 219134 b]] and [[HD 219134 c]] it is not observed to tra ...due to the high metal content of the host star, the planet might not be an ice giant.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} For a rock-iron composition, H ...

...his system provides a benchmark case for the study of the formation of gas giants and brown dwarfs.<ref name="Feng2018"/> ...than 350 K, it is predicted that such an exoplanet could have [[Snow|water ice]] clouds and lower layers of [[sulfide]] clouds.<ref name="Morley2014"/> ...

...ef> and it is possibly present in comets.<ref>{{cite web|title= The cosmic ice laboratory – Cometary molecules|url=http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/691/cosmic ...

....367S }}</ref> as well as its substantial component of low density water [[ice]]. [[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]] is similar in size and bulk composition to ...first2= G.|title= Saturn's satellite Rhea is a homogeneous mix of rock and ice|journal= Geophysical Research Letters |volume= 34|issue= 2|pages=L02202|yea ...

...cite book | first = Stephen | last = Hawking | title = On the Shoulders of Giants : the Great Works of Physics and Astronomy | year = 2002 | pages = der Phys ...teraction between the anomalistic and tropical cycle is important in the [[Ice age|long-term climate variations]] on Earth, called the [[Milankovitch cycl ...

...ggests that planet [[HD 40307 b|b]] is unstable at its age unless it is an ice giant, having migrated from further away. That implies similar for the othe ...

...Observatory]] on 4 June 2002. Quaoar's surface contains crystalline water ice and [[ammonia solution|ammonia hydrate]], which suggests that it might have ...g. Eventually, after reducing chaos to order, they created the seven great giants that upheld the world,<ref name="FAQ-Quaoar"/><ref name="hubblesite"/> then ...

* Icy [[Volatile (astrogeology)|volatiles]]: {{cslist|[[ammonia]]|[[ice|water ice]]|[[ammonium hydrosulfide]]}}}} ...net]]. It is 17&nbsp;times the [[mass of Earth]]. Compared to its fellow [[ice giant]] [[Uranus]], Neptune is slightly more massive, but denser and smalle ...

...4 }} Accessed March 4, 2013.</ref><ref>Van Pelt, Robert. 2002. Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast. University of Washington Press; (January 2002). 200 p ...annual volume increase of 11.9 ft3 over the referenced time periods. The Ice Glen pine, in [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Stockbridge]], Massachusetts, es ...

Saturn's E ring particles consist predominantly of water ice<ref name="HillierEA2007RingDust">{{cite journal |last1=Hillier |first1=J. | ...dus]] CDA found mostly salt-rich ice particles that were ejected by active ice [[Geysers of Enceladus|geysers]] on the surface of this moon. This finding ...

...rchive.org/web/20190618110459/https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/shoulders-giants-newton-darwin-einstein-hawking/motorised-wheelchair-52/62112 |url-status=li ...ions for research. As he had pneumonia in 2013, he was advised not to have ice poured over him, but his children volunteered to accept the challenge on hi ...

...ents, which enter the ocean by rivers, continental weathering, and glacial ice meltwater on the poles. Phytoplankton release dissolved organic carbon (DOC ...= 10.1073/pnas.1502549112|title = Global nutrient transport in a world of giants|year = 2016|last1 = Doughty|first1 = Christopher E.|last2 = Roman|first2 = ...

...planets may have deep atmospheres and oceans, and contain vast amounts of ice.{{sfn|Lingam|Loeb|2021|p=594}} [[Subsurface ocean]]s, buried under icy shel ...ć|2017|p=7}} although the development of highly reflective [[hydrohalite]] ice may negate this effect.{{sfn|Shields|Carns|2018|p=1}} The same amount of ra ...

...s surrounded by a [[circumstellar disk]] of dust and particles of rock and ice. The currently preferred radius estimate is done by SED modelling including ...na|first2=Carolina|date=2019-07-01|title=Orbital decay of short-period gas giants under evolving tides|url=https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/486/3/3963/ ...

...ee (historian, born 1852)|Arnold Toynbee]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Literary giants tried building a road|date=16 September 2011|newspaper=[[Oxford Mail]]|firs ** 11 September: The Majestic Cinema (originally built as an ice rink) in [[Botley Road]] is taken over as emergency accommodation for evacu ...

...xy|dwarfs]] with just a few hundred million ({{10^|8}}) stars to [[IC 1101|giants]] with one hundred [[Orders of magnitude (numbers)#1012|trillion]] ({{10^|1 ...t common, with [[ski]]s or [[Seaplane|floats]] needed to operate from snow/ice/water and skids for vertical operation on land. Faster aircraft have retrac ...