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The Sun is the primary source of heat and light for all the planets in our solar system. It emits energy through nuclear fusion reactions in its core, which produces heat and light that reach all the planets, including Earth.
Yes Pluto has a core. It is believed that it's rocky material would have settled into a dense core surrounded by a mantle of ice. The diameter of the core should be around 1,700 km, 70% of Pluto's diameter.
All the inner planets are rocky or terrestrial planets.
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Jupiter has a rock and metal core the same size as Earth's core. However, due to the intense pressures of Jupiter's, it's core is about 10 times heavier than Earth's core. It's position in the early Solar System, which was further from the Sun than the small inner planets like Earth, Mars and Venus allowed it to accrete more matter because it was beyond the frost line. The frost line was a point at which hydrogen compounds could condense. These condensed materials were then available to become part of the outer planets. It also explains why these planets are more gaseous and less dense than the inner planets, where only rocks and heavier metals could condense in the intense heat of the sun. That is why there are rocky planets nearer the Sun and gas giants further out.
no, because liquid metal is usually created through electromagnetic fields or friction.
Only the Earth is known to have a core that includes liquid metal.However, Jupiter and Saturn do have regions composed of metallic liquid hydrogen. Also, there is some evidence that Mercury and Venus may have liquid metal in their cores. Mars may have some liquid metallic sulfide in its core.
All planets have a core.
No, but they all seem to have metal cores. Minor planets are not so consistent.
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Yes, Jupiter is believed to have a dense core of rock and metal about the size of Earth. This core is thought to be surrounded by a thick layer of metallic hydrogen, followed by a gaseous outer layer.
The Sun is the primary source of heat and light for all the planets in our solar system. It emits energy through nuclear fusion reactions in its core, which produces heat and light that reach all the planets, including Earth.
They are alike because they are both called planets, both terrestrial planets and gas giants are spheres, all have a somewhat dense core and lastly all orbit around the sun.
Yes Pluto has a core. It is believed that it's rocky material would have settled into a dense core surrounded by a mantle of ice. The diameter of the core should be around 1,700 km, 70% of Pluto's diameter.
The effect that Earth's gravity has on other planets and the sun can be calculated. This degree of gravity that is demonstrated points to a heavy core that is metal. Fragments of nickel-iron meteorites that are remnants of planetary collisions also indicate that other planets have a nickel-iron core.
there are 9 planets
Very little, 4 completely different Planets, about the only similarity is that they are made of rock and have an inner core of metal.