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'''Gas Giants''', also known as Jovian planets after the planet [[Jupiter]], are large planets not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. Planets above 10 Earth masses are termed giant planets. There are four gas giants in our Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Many extrasolar gas giants have been identified orbiting other stars.

==List of Fictional Gas Giants Named in Science Fiction==

====A====
: [[Alpha Omicron VII]] ([[Gas Giant]]) - “Galaxy’s Child,” [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] Episode 14, Season 4, 3-11-1991
: [http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Anacreon Achilles] (a.k.a. Anacreon A IV) - Isaac Asimov's [[Foundation]] universe
: ''Aplu'' - David L. Clements' "A War of Stars" short story in ''Analog'' January/February 2010.
: [http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Anacreon Anacreon A IV] (a.ka. Achilles) - Isaac Asimov's [[Foundation]] universe
: [http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Anacreon Anacreon A V] (a.k.a. Priam) - Isaac Asimov's [[Foundation]] universe
: [http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Anacreon Anacreon A VI] (a.k.a. Helen) - Isaac Asimov's [[Foundation]] universe
: ''Asagarth'' - Colin Harvey's brilliant novel '''Winter Song'''

====B====
: ''Bandicoot'' - Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen's novel [[Heaven]], brief reference, p. 20
: ''Bespin'' - [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bespin Star Wars] universe
: ''Big Ben'' - Peter Watts's novel '''Blightsight''', p. 54

====C====
: ''Calpurnia'' - Poul Anderson's '''A World Named Cleopatra'''
: ''Chronos'' - Poul Anderson's novel '''Murkheim'''
: ''Cornelia'' - Poul Anderson's '''A World Named Cleopatra'''
: ''Cthuga'' (orbiting [[Fomalhaut]]) Paul McAuley's novel '''Evening's Empire''', page 12

====D====
: [[Delta Karpis]] VII - Jack McDevitt's novel '''Polaris'''
: [[Dirna]] (Procyon IX) - Robert Silverberg’s novel '''Master of Life and Death''' 
: ''Djiminid'' - Iain Banks's novel '''The Algebraist''', p. 382
: ''Dugl IV'' - Norman Spinrad's novel '''The Solarians''', p. 78
: ''Dugl V'' - Norman Spinrad's novel '''The Solarians''', p.78

====E====
: ''El Grande'' - Ben Jeapes's novel '''Phoenicia's World'''
: ''Elpinor'' (superifically) - John C. Wright's short story "The Far End of History" in ''The New Space Opera 2'''
: ''Endor'' - [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Endor_(planet) Star Wars] Universe

====G====
: ''Gatewood'' - Wil McCarthy's novel '''Lost in Translation'''
: ''Ghost'' - Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen's [[Heaven (SF novel)]], brief reference, p. 20
: ''G'iri'' - Iain M. Banks's novel '''The Algebraist''', p. 300
: ''Gobulus'' (Gas Giant orbited by the [[Terrestrial Moon]] ''Sacrecour'') - Jack McDevitt's '''Polaris'''
: ''Godzilla'' (Epsilon Indi V) - Larry Niven's novel [[Protector]]

====H====
: ''Hades'' - James Gunn's novel '''Transcendental''', p. 176 (orbited by the moon [[Hell]])
: ''Heinlein'' - [[Firefly/Serenity]] universe
: [http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Anacreon Helen] (a.k.a. Anacreon A VI) - Isaac Asimov's [[Foundation]] universe

====I====
: ''Icelanize'' - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, p. 290

====J====
: ''Julia'' - Poul Anderson's '''A World Named Cleopatra'''

====K====
: [http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/KG348 KG348] - '''Alien''' universe
: ''Kilran'' (Sirius IV) - James Gunn's novel '''Transcendental''', p. 147 (orbited by the moon ''Komran'')

====L====
: ''Lepidus'' - Poul Anderson's '''A World Named Cleopatra'''

====O====
: ''Orotund'' - John C. Wright's short story "The Far End of History" in ''The New Space Opera 2'''

====P====
: ''Polarfrey'' - [http://whatis.suburbansenshi.com/index.php?title=Gallifrey\ Doctor Who] universe
: ''Polyphemus'' - (Gas Giant with a single moon) - Ken Macleod's novel '''Newton's Wake: A Space Opera''', p. 29
: ''Pompey'' - Poul Anderson's '''A World Named Cleopatra'''
: [http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Anacreon Priam] (a.k.a. Anacreon A V) - Isaac Asimov's [[Foundation]] universe

====R====
: ''Regin'' (orbited by [[Mining Planet]] moon ''Wayland'')- Poul Anderson's '''Polesotechnic League''' universe
: ''Rigel VI'' - Christopher L. Bennett's [[Star Trek: TOS]] universe novel '''Tower of Babel''' ('''Rise of the Federation''' series)
: ''Rigel IX'' - Christopher L. Bennett's [[Star Trek: TOS]] universe novel '''Tower of Babel''' ('''Rise of the Federation''' series)

====T====
: ''Taloraan'' - [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Taloraan Star Wars] universe
: ''Tl'ho'' - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner's novel '''Destroyer of Worlds''', '''Ringworld''' universe
: ''Tyre'' - Samuel R. Delany's novel '''Empire Star''

====U====
: ''Udaspri'' (ringed planet) - John Scalzi's '''Old Man's War''', brief reference p. 186
: ''Ukko'' - James L. Cambias's novel '''A Darkling Sea'''
: ''Upsilon Gibraltar'' - Tony Daniel's [[Star Trek: The Original Series]] novel '''Savage Trade'''

====V====
: ''V'Harant'' - Michael Cobley's '''Humanity's Fire''' series, '''Seeds of Fire'''
: ''Valhalla'' - Colin Harvey's novel '''Winter Song'''
: ''Van de Kamp'' - Wil McCarthy's novel '''Lost in Translation'''
: ''Vanaheim'' - Colin Harvey's novel '''Winter Song'''

====Y====
: ''Yavin Prime'' - [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yavin_Prime Star Wars] universe
: ''Yedeen'' - James Swallow's '''The Latter Fire''' (Star Trek: TOS novel)

====Z====
: ''Zurnl III'' - Donald Kingsbury's '''Psychohistorical Crisis''' (set in Asimov's '''Foundation''' universe), p. 268

==List of Real Gas Giants==
* [[Jupiter]]
* [[Saturn]]
* [[CoRoT-2b]]

==Links==
* [[Planets in Science Fiction]]
* [[Knot Theory]]
* [[Obin]]

==External Links Science Fiction==
* [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Gas_giant Memory Alpha]

==External Links Science==
* [http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dsp/PrincetonSite/Home_files/darkest_world.pdf TrES-2b] A world so inexplicably dark that it seems like an artifact.
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