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Gore1FL

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7. AS I understand it, it has to do with the compostion

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 01:26 PM

Apr 2012

Technically "Gas Giants" are primarily Hydrogen and Helium. "Ice Giants" are primarily Water, Carbon Dioxide, Ammonia, and Methane ices.

It is not improper to call them all gas giants, however.

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