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Gas giants are much bigger, are more distant from the sun, and are composed mostly of gas (particularly methane and ammonia) whereas the terrestrial planets are composed mostly of rock and metal, are closer to the sun, and are smaller.
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What are no different terrestrial and gas giants?
why
How are the gas giants different from theterrerestrial planets?
gas giants are composed of gas while terrestrial planets are composed of solid matter
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.
What separates the terrestrial planets from the gas giants?
All terrestrial planets are able to maintain life, but the gas giants cannot.
Which types of planets tend to have the most moons terrestrial or gas giants?
gas giants
What separates the terrestrial planets and the Gas Giants?
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Which planets are terrestrial and which planets are gas giants?
The Terrestrial Planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The Gas Giants are Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune.
What is between the gas and terrestrial planets?
The Asteroid Belt is a demarcation between the gas giants and terrestrial type planets.
What is different between gas giants and terrestrial?
Terrestrial 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.
What separates terrestrial planets and Gas Giants?
Gases .
Are planets more likely to be gas giants or terrestrial planets?
Bigger planets are more likely to be gas giants while smaller ones are more likely to be terrestrial. This of course is not the answer to your question which is, of all planets that may exist, is there a greater likelyhood of there being terrestrial planets or gas giants?
Are mars and mercury terrestrial or gas?
terrestrial... there made of rock and considerably smaller than the gas giants jupiter and saturn
