As we study other developing systems around other stars, we should gain a better understanding. Who would have every thought gas giants can wander closer towards their star?
What is the fait of these hot “Jupiter’s†that have been discover around some stars? Obviously, their volatiles will be boiled away. Eventually they’ll end up dry cores. Of course, the ones closest to their star will loose more light element.
What would the core of a gas giant look like once it is stripped of its atmosphere, or most of its atmosphere? Would it have a fairly smooth surface pocketed by a few craters? Would it have volcanoes? Would it be indistinguishable from terrestrial planets as we know them? Could one tern into an Earth-like planet if it was the right distance from its star?
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re: Mars - the core of a migrated gas giant?
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- The Dry Look
- seems similar to Nick H's views ..