Gas Giant
Gas Giant's, 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
- Aplu - David L. Clements' "A War of Stars" short story in Analog January/February 2010.
- Asagarth - Colin Harvey's novel Winter Song
- Bespin - Star Wars universe
- Big Ben - Peter Watts's novel Blightsight, p. 54
- Calpurnia - Poul Anderson's A World Named Cleopatra
- Chronos - Poul Anderson's novel Murkheim
- Cornelia - Poul Anderson's A World Named Cleopatra
- Delta Karpis VII - Jack McDevitt's novel Polaris
- Djiminid - Iain Banks's novel The Algebraist, p. 382
- Elpinor (superifically) - John C. Wright's short story "The Far End of History" in The New Space Opera 2'
- Endor - Star Wars Universe
- Gatewood - Wil McCarthy's novel Lost in Translation
- Heinlein - Firefly/Serenity universe
- Icelanize - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, p. 290
- Julia - Poul Anderson's A World Named Cleopatra
- Lepidus - Poul Anderson's A World Named Cleopatra
- Orotund - John C. Wright's short story "The Far End of History" in The New Space Opera 2'
- Polarfrey - 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
- Taloraan - Star Wars universe
- Tl'ho - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner's novel Destroyer of Worlds, Ringworld universe
- Valhalla - Colin Harvey's novel Winter Song
- Yavin Prime - Star Wars universe
- Zurnl III - Donald Kingsbury's Psychohistorical Crisis (set in Asimov's Foundation universe), p. 268
List of Real Gas Giants
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