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What does the name gas giants suggest about four of the planets?
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The planets are made out of gas.
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Why is gas giants a good name for the four planets beyond mars?
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Another name for the inner planets?
The outer planets are also called Jovian planets or gas giants. These planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These outer planets are gaseous with no solid surfaces and only liquid cores.
Which planets are gas giants why are they given this name?
The four outer, or gas planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They are mainly made up of Hydrogen and Helium gas. They are also much larger than the Earth or the other three inner planets, so are referred to as gas giants.
What is the other name for outer planets?
The outer planets are Gas Giants, also known as Jovian planets.
What is the name given to outer planets?
The Ice Giants.
Which planets are comprised of just rock?
the first four planets, closet to the sun, are called the "rock planets" these are, in order from the sun outwards : mercury, venus, earth, mars after mars are the gas giants, which are not made of rock, but gas, as the name suggests.
What is the Name for the group of planets with rings?
In our solar system, Saturn is well known for its spectacular ring system, however, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune all have faint ring systems. Collectively the four outer planets are referred to as gas giants, often the term ice giants is applied to Uranus and Neptune.
What is another name for the terrestrial planets?
Another name for the terrestrial planets is the inner planets. There are four terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Which objects are also called gas giants?
Another name for gaseous planets is Jovian planet meaning Jupiter like.
What do you call the four inner planets in our solar system?
They are known as terrestrial planets. They are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
What is another name for the outer planets which describes their physical characteristics?
These four planets are known as the 'Gas Giant' planets.
Name the jovian planets?
The four Jovian planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.They are all giant gas planets, meaning that they are not only outstandingly giant planets, but also that they are not mainly composed of solid matters such as rock, but of gas!The Romans named the planet Jove/Jupiter, the name of one of their mythological gods. The word Jovian is the adjective form of Jove.And the planet Jove/Jupiter is by far the biggest (or 'god'!) of all the Jovian planets!For more information, see Related links below.
