"If only we had a considerably larger planet than Jupiter!"
There is another force on large planets called gravity that seems to act the same way, though I do not understand it.
They settled on the largest planet in the smoke ring.
What need was there of such a large planet?
"And how do you plan to destroy so large a planet as these are?"
It is the third largest planet in the solar system.
If earth was a larger planet, nothing would escape as is the case of Jupiter.
That method is better at finding large planets close to their host stars.
A larger planet is likely to have a more massive atmosphere.
Finally, a larger planet is likely to have a large iron core.