giant planet

基本解釋

As our primary example of a giant planet, Jupiter can also provide critical knowledge for understanding the planetary systems being discovered around other stars.
作爲(wèi)我們關(guān)於巨大行星的首個(gè)樣本，木星還能提供關(guān)鍵性的知識(shí)以助我們?nèi)チ私饽切┉h(huán)繞其他恒星運(yùn)行的行星系統(tǒng)。
The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided spectacularly with Jupiter in 1994, with the giant planet's gravitational pull ripping the comet apart for at least 21 visible impacts.
囌梅尅-列維9號(hào)彗星在1994年與木星發(fā)生了擧世矚目的碰撞。在這顆巨行星的強(qiáng)大引力拉扯下，彗星被分解而發(fā)生了至少21次可見(jiàn)撞擊。
Computer simulations show that if there is more than one giant planet in a solar system's family, they will perform a kind of gravitational arm-wrestling match, making their orbits unstable.
電腦模擬顯示，如果在一個(gè)恒星系統(tǒng)中有超過(guò)一個(gè)巨行星存在的話，它們會(huì)上縯一場(chǎng)“重力掰手腕”比賽，這會(huì)使得它們的軌道變得不穩(wěn)定。

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any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, characterized by large mass, low density, and an extensive atmosphere