2012PhysicsOpen access

Seeing Deep Inside Icy Giant Planets

W. J. Nellis

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Magnetically accelerated metal plates are used to compress water to high pressures and temperatures like those inside Neptune and Uranus, permitting measurements that aid in the development of models of planetary interiors.

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Magnetically accelerated metal plates are used to compress water to high pressures and temperatures like those inside Neptune and Uranus, permitting measurements that aid in the development of models of planetary interiors.

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Magnetically accelerated metal plates are used to compress water to high pressures and temperatures like those inside Neptune and Uranus, permitting measurements that aid in the development of models of planetary interiors.

Key concepts: Uranus, Neptune, Planet, Astrobiology, Jupiter (rocket family), Giant planet, Icy moon, Gas giant

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