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gravity keeps the gas giants planets gases from escaping so they have thick atmosphere

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Q: Why do all the gas giants have thick atmospheres?
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Do Gas Giants have atmospheres that are thousands of miles or kilometers thick?

Yes.


What do you call the four outer planets in our solar system?

They are called the "outer planets." But also the "gas giants" because they all have thick atmospheres and no accessible surface.


Do the gas giants have thinner atmosphere than the terrestrial planets?

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What does Jupiter and Saturn and neptune and uranus have in coment?

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Which gas in atmospheres of some gas giants gives them a blue color?

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What gases are found in the atmospheres of gas giants?

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Do all of the gas giants Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune have very similar kinds of atmospheres?

No, they do not. Uranus and Neptune are now considered Ice Giants.


Why can't the atmospheres of the gas giants just escape into space?

Gravity.


Gas giants have atmospheres composed primarily of hydrogen and what else?

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Are outer planets gaseeous?

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How does the composition of earths atmosphere differ from the composition of the atmospheres of the gas giants planets?

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