The interiors of giant planets: Models and outstanding questions

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue , 2005, Pages 493-530

  Guillot, Tristan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Equations of state; Extrasolar planets; Gravitational moments; Planet composition; Planet formation; Tidal heating

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; SUN;

EVOLUTION; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; GIANT PLANETS; ORBITAL EVOLUTIONS;

PLANETS;

PLANETARY PHENOMENA; PLANETESIMAL; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 20544433695     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.32.101802.120325     Document Type: Review

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