Noun
giant planet (plural giant planets)
(astronomy, planets) A planet larger than terrestrial planets, composed mostly of gases and astronomical ices.
It’s a (very) “hot Jupiter” giant planet orbiting a star about 670 light-years away. Source: Internet
Ring systems may form around centaurs when they are tidally disrupted in a close encounter (within 0.4 to 0.8 times the Roche limit ) with a giant planet. Source: Internet
He separated the planets (objects that form like Jupiter) from brown dwarfs or medium sized celestial objects in between a giant planet and a small star. Source: Internet
If they have a small telescope, they may watch the four largest of its moons, hour by hour, change position as they orbit this giant planet. Source: Internet
Trask is the estuary moon in the same star system as the gas giant planet known as Kol Iben. Source: Internet
This artist's conception illustrates a gas giant planet alone in the dark of space, ejected from its own star system. Source: Internet