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Why do the gas gaints have many moons

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User Aruna
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Gas giants dont have to stay so far from their sun. ... In our solar system, the outer planets vacuumed up all the available materials from Jupiter on out.

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User Ilia Rebane
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The planet forms, it is massive enough that it collects other objects that come near it and that's why they CAN have so many moons.

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