very small, very cold Gas "Giant"

[jadefriendly]

I'm right near the bottom of the Galaxy, 1500ly -ish "DOWN" from colonised space

smallest gas giant i've seen yet....

 

[kastia]

Would a planet of that size/mass even be able to hold into its gas? I wouldn't have thought there'd be enough gravity to hold into it

 

[Rottcodd]

Spotted an even lighter one,

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and it is not even the smallest. As long as the solar wind is weak enough they won´t lose their gases, but calling them "giants" is a bit of a stretch.

 

[FTL_Diesel]

Oddly enough, this is possible: we even see planets like this in the Kepler results! If you're interested in the technical side, try reading: http://de.arxiv.org/abs/1407.4457