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Where does the gravity of the gas giants take you?
It pulls you toward the planet's core.
Are gas giants solid?
Gas giants are not solid like rocky planets. They are made up mostly of gases such as hydrogen and helium, with a small solid core at their center. The outer layers of gas giants are composed of thick atmospheres.
Do none of the gas giants have a solid surface but all have a solid core?
They're called gas giants because of this fact.
How are Uranus and Neptune similar to the other gas giants?
They all have a liquid core.
Why Gas Giants are cold on the surface but warm towards the core?
Gas giants are cold on the surface primarily due to their thick atmospheres composed mostly of hydrogen and helium, which trap heat and prevent it from escaping. However, as you move toward their cores, the immense pressure from the overlying gas compresses and heats the material, leading to higher temperatures. Additionally, these planets often retain heat from their formation and generate internal heat through gravitational contraction and the release of helium from their atmospheres. This combination results in significantly warmer conditions at their cores compared to their frigid outer layers.
What things do all gas giants have?
A small rocky core where solid debris has accumulated.
Do gas giants have a solid core?
Gas giants are believed to have a small solid core, but it is surrounded by thick layers of gases such as hydrogen and helium. This core is thought to be made up of rock and metal, and is responsible for the planet's strong gravitational pull.
Why don't astronomers know much about the core of the gas giants?
The cores are so deep in the planets
Why are Gas Giants cold in the surface and warm towards the core?
This is because the gas giants are a lot further away from the sun than we are and therefore the incident sunlight rays reaching the surface are less therefore making the surface gases on these planets cool. The reason that the gases closer to the planets core are hotter has to do with the enormous gravity of these gas giants. The sun too is a gas giant only it is much larger and this tells us something. The suns center is also much hotter than its surface because of the tremendous pressures according to Boyle's law the temperature rises when pressure increases if the volume remains the same. If the gas giants were as big as the sun, then they would reach critical mass and ignite too! But they aren't as big and so their cores just get hot, but not hot enough for fusion. Corey Wood
What are gas giants made of?
Gas giants are primarily made up of hydrogen and helium, with small amounts of other gases such as methane and ammonia. They have no solid surface and their atmosphere becomes increasingly dense towards the core.
Why are they given the name gas planets?
They are called gas giants, actually. They are called that, because they have a very thick atmosphere and the core is so deep below the 'surface' of the atmosphere that we cannot see the core.
Is Neptine made of gas?
Neptune? Yes, it is made of gas; it is one of the 'gas giants'. It is 'composed of a deep atmosphere around a liquid surface and sometimes a solid core'.
