Talk:Gas giant

Are there any plans to develop this article further? If it's just going to remain in its current state, then I think it ought to be merged back to giant planet, from which it was split, since the latter article contains just as much information about gas giants (and more) as this one does. W. P. Uzer (talk) 06:14, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Plans, of course. But this is Wikipedia and we're all volunteers, and people (myself included) may not get around to it. Care to help expand it? --JorisvS (talk) 09:05, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Can someone correct this please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DebMet (talk • contribs) 01:39, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I noticed a very detailed description trying to visualize how a gas giant looks. However, there is a very nice picture of the described in this article, but it is shown only under “metallic hydrogen” item. I think for the benefit of the readers of this article, the proper place for that picture should be in this article(at least..), since it is describing exactly what is described here in words and people probably are struggling to understand what is been said. Thanks. Dost17 (talk) 14:50, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

As Uranus is not a gas giant, but an ice giant, should there really be a section about rain on Uranus? Ngc752 (talk) 12:49, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

This article seems to be missing information on the process and conditions of gas giant formation in general. While there is a page on formation of *the* solar system, I can't seem to find coverage of gas giant formation as a general category. Quesoteric (talk) 16:50, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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I don't quite understand what this phrase wants to say: "The tholins that exist on Jupiter's surface get sucked up into the atmosphere by storms and circulation; it is hypothesized that those tholins that become ejected from the regolith get stuck in Jupiter's GRS".

Jupiter's surface? Regolith?

As far as I know, tholins don't need a surface to form on - they need UV light, which is plenty in the upper layers of Jupiter's atmosphere. I think the phrase should be reworded as currently at least for me, it reads as if Jupiter has a solid surface covered in regolith, similar with the Moon / Mars / Mercury.... Apass ~2025-42208-83 (talk) 18:23, 10 January 2026 (UTC)