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M-R: Giant <strong>planets</strong><br />

•During evolution on Gyrs, giant <strong>planets</strong> contract and cool.<br />

•The more massive the core, the smaller the total radius.<br />

•Many transiting Hot Jupiters are bloated <strong>planets</strong>: not explainable by standard<br />

internal structure modeling. Energy source must act deep in the interior. Several<br />

mechanism proposed for explanation.<br />

•Some giant exo<strong>planets</strong> seem to contain very large amounts of metals (>100 ME)

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