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Jupiter is a Jovian Plant.
The adjective Jovian has come to mean anything associated with Jupiter; and by extension, a Jupiter-like planet.
The Jovian planets are the gas giants: Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. Many, if not most, of the exoplanets discovered to date appear to be Jovian.
By contrast, terrestrial, aka telluric, aka rocky planets differ significantly from the gas giant/Jovian planets in that they are composed primarily of metals and silicate rocks (hence "rocky" planets) like Earth, aka Terra (from which we get the word terrestrial) and are "Earth-like" as opposed to "jupiter-like"/Jovian.
The terrestrial planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. All the dwarf planets are also more terrestrial than jovian.
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Why isn't Jupiter classified as either a terrestrial planet or a jovian planet?
Jupiter is a Jovian planet. The word "Jovian" comes from "Jove," which is another name for Jupiter.
Is Jupiter a gas planet or terrestrial planet?
It is a gas or Jovian Planet
Is Jupiter gaseous planet or terrestrial planet?
Jupiter is the first of the gaseous (Jovian) planets and Mars is the last terrestrial one.
Is Mercury jovain?
Mercury is not a jovian planet because all planets after Jupiter and Jupiter are all jovian planets. So Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus , Neptune and the poor old Pluto that was booted from the planets are all jovian.
Is Mercury a Terrestrial Planet or a Jovian planet?
The Jovian planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They share many characteristics including their location outside of the asteroid belt (between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter).
Is a terrestrial planet Mercury or Jupiter?
It's a "terrestrial" planet, because it is rocky with an iron core, like planet Earth. "Terrestrial" means "Earthlike". Jovian planets are mainly made of gases and liquefied gases.
Is mars a terrestrial or jovian?
Mars is a terrestrial or rocky metallic planet. Jovian means Jupiter like, or gas giant.
What jovian planet is closest to the sun?
Jupiter is the Jovian planet that is closest to the sun...
Is Uranus a terrestrial or Jovian planet?
it is a Jovian planet. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all Jovian, while Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are terrestrial planets.
Is Jupiter one of the inner or outer?
Jupiter is first outer gas giant planets from the Sun. Jupiter is an outer planet, or "Jovian" planet, or non-terrestrial planets.
Is Jupiter a terrestrial planet?
Saturn is not a terrestrial planet, so it is a gas planet.
What planet is not a dwarf planet?
Apparently in the solar system, there's only one dwarf planet which is Pluto. The remaining 8 planets are not dwarf planets and can be divided into Terrestrial planets and jovian planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and mars are all terrestrial planets while Jupiter, Saturn and uranus are known as Jovian planets. The term Jovian derives from Jupiter.
