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- .... Also shown is the main asteroid belt between the orbits of [[Mars]] and Jupiter (white) and the [[Hilda family]] of asteroids (brown).]] ...that share the orbit of the planet [[Jupiter]] around the Sun. Relative to Jupiter, each Trojan [[Libration|librates]] around one of the planet's two [[Lagran ...27 KB (3,965 words) - 06:02, 30 July 2009
- ...anets are blue. Neptune's few known [[Trojan asteroid]]s are yellow, while Jupiter's are pink. The scattered objects between the Sun and the Kuiper belt are k ...[[centaur (planetoid)|centaurs]], is known to exist in the region between Jupiter and Neptune. The centaurs' orbits are unstable and have dynamical lifetimes ...58 KB (9,031 words) - 16:11, 18 August 2009
- ...iant]]s [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]]. Neptune's atmosphere, while similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in that it is composed primarily of [[hydrogen]] and [[heliu ...possessed a [[Great Dark Spot]] comparable to the [[Great Red Spot]] on [[Jupiter]]. These weather patterns are driven by the strongest sustained winds of an ...83 KB (11,988 words) - 11:30, 20 August 2009
- ...substantially lower mass simply to having formed a few million years after Jupiter, when there was less gas available to consume.<ref name=sciam>{{cite journa ...Uranus and Neptune probably formed closer to the Sun—near or even between Jupiter and Saturn—and later migrated outward (see [[#Planetary migration|Planetary ...85 KB (12,829 words) - 17:09, 18 August 2009
- ...ets]], are primarily composed of rock and metal. The four outer planets, [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]], [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]], also called the [[gas giants]], ...em body|small bodies]]. The [[asteroid belt]], which lies between Mars and Jupiter, is similar to the terrestrial planets as it is composed mainly of rock and ...82 KB (12,278 words) - 17:12, 18 August 2009