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Why isn't Jupiter classified as either a terrestrial planet or a jovian planet?
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Jupiter is a Jovian planet. The word "Jovian" comes from "Jove," which is another name for Jupiter.
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What planet cannot be classified as either a Terrestrial or a Jovian planet?
There is no such planet.
By what criteria are the planets placed into either the Jovian or terrestrial group?
Planets are either earth-like or Jupiter-like.
Is Mercury jovain?
Mercury is not a jovian planet because all planets after Jupiter and Jupiter are all jovian planets. So Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus , Neptune and the poor old Pluto that was booted from the planets are all jovian.
Is mars a terrestrial or jovian?
Mars is a terrestrial or rocky metallic planet. Jovian means Jupiter like, or gas giant.
Is Jupiter a terrestrial or a Jovian planet?
Jupiter is a Jovian Plant. The adjective Jovian has come to mean anything associated with Jupiter; and by extension, a Jupiter-like planet. The Jovian planets are the gas giants: Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. Many, if not most, of the exoplanets discovered to date appear to be Jovian. By contrast, terrestrial, aka telluric, aka rocky planets differ significantly from the gas giant/Jovian planets in that they are composed primarily of metals and silicate rocks (hence "rocky" planets) like Earth, aka Terra (from which we get the word terrestrial) and are "Earth-like" as opposed to "jupiter-like"/Jovian. The terrestrial planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. All the dwarf planets are also more terrestrial than jovian.
What jovian planet is closest to the sun?
Jupiter is the Jovian planet that is closest to the sun...
Is Jupiter gaseous planet or terrestrial planet?
Jupiter is the first of the gaseous (Jovian) planets and Mars is the last terrestrial one.
What are terrestrial planets and jovian planets?
The Terrestrial planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The Jovian planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Is a terrestrial planet Mercury or Jupiter?
It's a "terrestrial" planet, because it is rocky with an iron core, like planet Earth. "Terrestrial" means "Earthlike". Jovian planets are mainly made of gases and liquefied gases.
Is Jupiter a gas planet or terrestrial planet?
It is a gas or Jovian Planet
Terrestrial and jovian planets?
Terrestrial planets are the solid planets like Earth and Mars. Jovian planets are those gas planets like Jupiter and Saturn.
Is Mercury a Terrestrial Planet or a Jovian planet?
The Jovian planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They share many characteristics including their location outside of the asteroid belt (between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter).
