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What are the 5 major differences in Gas Giants and Rocky planets?
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The five major differences between the gas giant planets and the rocky planets are as follows:
1. Gas giants are larger, both in diameter and in mass.
2. Gas giants have a much larger proportion of hydrogen and other light weight elements. Rocky planets have more rock.
3. Gas giants are farther away from the sun.
4. Gas giants are much colder.
5. Gas giants are made mostly (in some cases, perhaps entirely) of gas, while rocky planets are mostly solid with comparatively little gas.
Edit: Here's another, if you want 6 differences: The Gas Giants have extensive systems of moons (and they have rings too).
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What are the two major groups that planets are divided?
Inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets. (There are also Ice giants and dwarf planets)
What kind of planets are Earth and Mars?
Earth and Mars, along with Mercury and Venus, are rocky planets.
What planets are rocky and have no moons?
Mercury and Venus are terrestrial planets, and they are the only major planets without moons.
The major planets of the Solar System have different characteristics Which of the planets listed below is known as a gas giant?
The gas giants are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
What planet is farthest from the sun but rocky like the closest ones?
Pluto seems like the required answer, but it's only a "dwarf planet".The major rocky planets, going out from the Sun, are :MercuryVenusEarthMars
What are the two major groups that planets are divided?
Inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets. (There are also Ice giants and dwarf planets)
What are two major differences in the composition of the inner and outer planets?
the inner planets are rocky and warm and the outer planets are made out of gas and is cold
What are the two major differences in the composition of the inner and outer planets?
the inner planets are rocky and warm and the outer planets are made out of gas and is cold
What kind of planets are Earth and Mars?
Earth and Mars, along with Mercury and Venus, are rocky planets.
What two major groups are the planets broken into?
There aren't really two groups but All the planets before the asteroid belt (mercury Venus Mars and earth) are rocky planets and all the planets after the asteroid belt (Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune) are gas giants.
What planets are rocky and have no moons?
Mercury and Venus are terrestrial planets, and they are the only major planets without moons.
What are 3 differences between the outer and inner planets?
The inner planets are small, the outer planets are huge in comparison.The inner planets have rocky surfaces, the outer planets are gas giants.All of the outer planets have rings. None of the inner planets does.All of the outer planets have several moons, some of them quite large.
What are the major characteristics of the terrestrial planets how do they differ from the gas giants?
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The major planets of the Solar System have different characteristics Which of the planets listed below is known as a gas giant?
The gas giants are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
What are some cool outer planet facts?
Planets facts includes the ff: that planets does not emit visible lights by its own but instead shines by reflected lights. In the solar system, there are eight planets. There are four rocky planets ( Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury). These planets are collectively called as the terrestial planets. Outer planets are the four major gaseous planets which includes Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus - they are collectively known as the Jovian planets because of their similarity to the planet Jupiter. They are also called gas giants. Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun
What planet is farthest from the sun but rocky like the closest ones?
Pluto seems like the required answer, but it's only a "dwarf planet".The major rocky planets, going out from the Sun, are :MercuryVenusEarthMars
Why are planets called major planets?
They are sometimes called "major planets" to distinguish them from the "minor planets" (the asteroids) and "dwarf planets" like Pluto.
