Interiors of giant planets inside and outside the solar system

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5437, 1999, Pages 72-77

  Guillot, Tristan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

JUPITER; NEPTUNE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SATURN; URANUS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; METALS, HEAVY; PLANETS; PRESSURE; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033214415     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5437.72     Document Type: Review

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