Giant gaseous planets like Jupiter and Saturn have very strong magnetic fields which deflects the solar wind and prevents it from stripping them of their atmospheres, unlike Mars, which has no magnetic field and has been stripped of most of its original atmosphere.
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Because they form at the same time that the central star (Sol in this case) is forming, before nucleosynthesis-***-stellar wind begins.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/disp…
Edit: c_u_m is a preposition meaning of dual function (and also). It does not need to be censored out with asterisks.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/disp…
Edit: c_u_m is a preposition meaning of dual function (and also). It does not need to be censored out with asterisks.
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accretion