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The Asteroid Belt is a demarcation between the gas giants and terrestrial type planets.
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Is hydrogen more abundant on terrestrial planets than on Jovian planets?
No, there is more hydrogen on the Jovian planets then the terrestrial ones.
Do the terrestrial planets have much smaller masses than the Jovian planets?
The cores of jovian planets are very similar to terrestrial ones. Jovian planets are simply a more evolved form of terrestrial planet contrary to popular perception. Jovian planets often have a lot of hydrogen, helium, methane, and/or volatile ices to make up its atmosphere to the point where oceans of these components cover the terrestrial core and billow the atmosphere to large proportions. Terrestrial planets absorbed less of these components from the leftover solar nebula leaving only the rocky surface and maybe some gas of an atmosphere.
What of the eight planets are terrestrial?
Technically not all of the elements that exist exist on earth so there are chances that terrestrial planets can be made out of anything. For all we know, there could be a planet made of nothing but titanium, or iron, or even aluminum. For example, the moon titan surrounding Saturn, has oceans made of liquid methane.
What is the most geologically active of the terrestrial planets and why?
Earth. Why is 1) the moon, 2) rotation rate, 3) liquid core, 4) thin crust.
What does the presence of a magnetic field on Earth compared with other terrestrial plants indicate?
Plants don't have a significant magnetic field. Perhaps you mean "planets"?
What separates the terrestrial planets and the gas planets?
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What set of planets have more moons terrestrial or gas?
gas planets
Is Jupiter terrestrial?
No. It is a gas giant. Terrestrial planets are planets that are mainly made of land.
What is the difference between terrestial planets and gas planets?
The terrestrial planets are small in size and mass, they are rocky, solid and dense, all four terrestrial planets have 3 moons between them. They are warm and close to the sun. Terrestrial planets USUALLY have thin atmosphere. The Gas Giants are huge in size, have rings made from dust, debris, ice, rock. They very cold (not close to the sun at all) and light (made from gas.) They have several moons between them (167, I think) and lastly Gas Giants usually have thick and deep atmosphere.
How are gas planets and terrestrial planets the same?
They're not.
What separates the terrestrial planets from the gas giants?
All terrestrial planets are able to maintain life, but the gas giants cannot.
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.
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.
Which are the rocky planets the terrestrial planets and the gas planets?
The terrestrial planets are; Mercury Venus, Earth, Marswhile the gas planets are; Jupiter Saturn uranus and neptune hope that helps u!!
What is difference between the terrestrial and gaseous planets?
A terrestrial planet is made of rock, in which there is life on. However, a gaseous planet is made of gas, in which there is no life on.
What is the relationship between gas giants and terrestrial planets regarding astronomical units?
All of the terrestrial planets are within 1.52 AU of the Sun. All of the gas giants are greater then 5 AU of the sun. The relationship is that most of the terrestrial planets are very close to the sun while gas giants are much further away.
What is earth a terrestrial planet or a gas giant?
A terrestrial planet, Gas giant planets are made of gas....
