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What is another name for the outer planets which describes their physical characteristics?
These four planets are known as the 'Gas Giant' planets.
What is the other name for outer planets?
The outer planets are Gas Giants, also known as Jovian planets.
What is the other name of the outer planets?
Jovian planets
What is the name given to outer planets?
The Ice Giants.
How are the inner and outer planets different?
There are a lot of differences between the inner and outer planets. First of all, they inner planets are also known as the "Rocky planets". THey are rocky, hence their name "Rocky planets". And the outer planets are also known as "Gas Giants." THey are mainly composed of gas, hence their name, "Gas Giants." Another difference is their mass. The outer planets have greater mass than the inner planets. In other words, they are heavier.The inner planets follow orbital paths which, like those of the outer planets,are centered on the sun. But the inner planets, without exception, are nearerto the sun than any of the outer planets are.
What characteristics set the inner planets apart from the outer planet and name the outer planets?
The inner planets are all rocky planets, whereas the outer planets are gas giants. Pluto is the exception. The outer planets also make 99% of our planets and are outside the asteroid belt.
What is another name for inner planets?
Another name for inner planets is terrestrial planets. These are the planets that are closer to the Sun and have rocky surfaces.
How are outer planets different from outer planets?
its not different at all they are just outer planets
Name the five outer planets in your solar system?
the four outer planets of this solar system are as followed. jupiter, satern, uranus, and neptune.
What is the name of space probe that visited outer planets?
Voyager II is the first successful space probe that reached the outer planets or Jovian Planets. It is in the rule of probes that they should not reach the outer planets because it is too far and their probes might malfunction. But this Voyager II probe had a successful flight to the outer planets.
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.
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.
