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Jupiter has 64. Saturn is smaller, but still has 60 moons. I'm not certain there should actually be any theoretical lower limit. A big gas giant with moons carefully arranged--I should think potentially a thousand...

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The Moon is not a gas giant. Gas giant planets are planets like Jupiter and Saturn which have no solid surface, and are completely covered with high pressure gas. The Moon is a rocky, "terrestrial" body.

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It's mainly because they are much bigger and so have more gravity to attract material to form moons. For example, Jupiter (the biggest gas giant) has more than 300 times the mass of Earth (the biggest of the terrestrial planets in our solar system).

When the solar system was forming around 4.5 billion years ago, Jupiter (which has 63 moons at last count) had more capability to attract and keep material around it that eventually formed moons, compared to the Earth. This capability was only strengthened by the fact that Jupiter (and the other gas giants) were further away from the Sun than Earth (and the other terrestrial planets) and so the gravitional "competition" with the Sun was less for Jupiter's moons than Earth's moon.

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They're called the gas giants because

1) They are made mostly of frozen gas and

2) Their size is due to the nature of gas, whose molecules are not as closely packed together as rocks or metals.

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They are called gas giants because they are all very large. Some more than five times the size of earth

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They Are Large And So They Have A Lot Of Gravity. #MavericksHoee.Homestead

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Because it is made of gas and in comparison to the inner planets (Earth included) it is a giant.

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The Earth has only 1 natural moon - not many moons.

If you are referring to artificial satellites, then they were all sent by humans for different purposes.

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No. The moon is a rocky natural satellite far smaller than a gas giant.

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Jupiter:64 moons

Saturn:62 moons

Uranus:27 moons

Neptune:13 moons

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Why are gas giants given this name?

Gas giants are called as such because they are generally the largest type of planet, and they consist mostly if not entirely of gases.


What is the nickname given to the outer planets?

Gas giants.


Which planets are gas giants why are they given this name?

The four outer, or gas planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They are mainly made up of Hydrogen and Helium gas. They are also much larger than the Earth or the other three inner planets, so are referred to as gas giants.


What does the name gas giants suggest about four of the planets?

The planets are made out of gas.


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.


What is the name given to outer planets?

The Ice Giants.


What is the name of a giant gas planet?

Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus are all gas giants.


What is saturn mainly made of?

Gases. Hence the name, "Gas Giants"


Which of the gas giants are made of frozen gas?

which of the gas giants are made of frozen gas


What is the name of all four gas giants?

In order, from closest to furthest from the sun, the gas giants are: 1. Jupiter 2. Saturn 3. Uranus 4. Neptune


What are the gas giants made of?

The Gas Giants are mostly made up of gas.


Are gas giants made of rocks and ice?

no they are made of gas. which is why they are called GAS giants