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Terrestrial planets are solid and gaseous planets are made of gas. Gaseous planets are huge and terrestrial planets are small. Gas giants are far from the sun and terrestrial planets are close to the sun.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoinner terrestrial planetsdensity g/ccMercury's volume = 0.056 x Earths (6.08x1010 km3)5.43Venus' volume = 0.857 x Earths (9.38x1011 km3)5.24(Earth) volume = 1 x Earths (1.08x1012 km3)5.515Mars' volume = 0.151 x Earths (1.63x1011 km3)3.94outer gasious planetsJupiter's volume = 1321.3 x Earths (1.43x1015 km3)1.33Saturn's volume = 763.59 x Earths (8.2713 x 1014 km3)0.7Uranus' volume = 63.086 x Earths (6.833x1013 km3)1.3Neptune's volume = 57.74 x Earths (6.254x1013 km3)1.76
The inner planets are much smaller, but more dense than the outer gasious planets.
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∙ 13y agoTerrestrial planets contain much more of the heavy elements (such as iron and silicon) and less of the lighter elements (such as hydrogen and helium). Terrestrial planets are smaller and denser, and are also closer to the sun, and hence warmer as well. Gas giants are distant and cold.
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∙ 12y agoGas giants are made of liquid and gas, unlike terrestrials, which are made of rock or metal.
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∙ 7y agoA terrestrial planet is composed largely of rock and has a metallic core. A gas giant is made mostly od hydrogen and helium and may have a rocky core.
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What is earth a terrestrial planet or a gas giant?
A terrestrial planet, Gas giant planets are made of gas....
Is Jupiter a giant gas or a terrestrial planet?
Jupiter is one of the four gas giant planets, the outer planets.
How are terrestrial planets different from the Jovian planets?
Terrestrial planets have terra firma, a.k.a. hard ground. The gas giants are giant balls of gas.
Why are the terrestrial planets solid?
terrestrial means a planet that is solid and not a gas giant, however even the solid planets have liquid interiors.
How do the sizes of the terrestrial planets compare to the gas giants?
The average terrestrial planet has only about 10.3% of the diameter and 0.4% of the mass of the average gas giant.
What is earth a terrestrial planet or a gas giant?
A terrestrial planet, Gas giant planets are made of gas....
What is earth a terrestrial planet or a gas giant earth?
A terrestrial planet, Gas giant planets are made of gas....
Is Venus's a terrestrial or gas giant?
Venus is one of the four rocky or terrestrial planets - not a gas giant.
Is Jupiter terrestrial?
No. It is a gas giant. Terrestrial planets are planets that are mainly made of land.
How are gas giant planets and terrestrial planets similar?
They are are not similar.
Is Jupiter a giant gas or a terrestrial planet?
Jupiter is one of the four gas giant planets, the outer planets.
How are terrestrial planets different from the Jovian planets?
Terrestrial planets have terra firma, a.k.a. hard ground. The gas giants are giant balls of gas.
Why are the terrestrial planets solid?
terrestrial means a planet that is solid and not a gas giant, however even the solid planets have liquid interiors.
What type of planet is rocky or gaseous?
The "terrestrial planets" are rocky and the "gas giant planets" are gaseous.
Does mars have a gas giant or a rocky terrestrial?
Mars is a terrestrial type planet itself. It has no other planets, gas giants or otherwise.
What are planets like mercury venus mars?
They are classified as terrestrial planets. The other grouping is called the gas giant planets.
Is Neptune a gas giant or a terrestrial?
The outer four planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all Gas Giants.So Neptune is a Gas Giant.
