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Why are outer planets called?

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there called gaseous planets because they are the planets made of gas

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I guess for the same reason inner planets are called inner planets; that is, they lie on the "outside" of the solar system in relation to Earth's location orbiting the Sun. They are the last planets in our solar system that you would pass when traveling away from the Sun.

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