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What are the 3 characteristics the jovian planets have in common?
Jovian planets are: -gaseous -farthest planets from the sun -largest planets
How many types of planets are in space?
There are 7 main classification of Planets. They are classified into the following groups; * Inferior Planets * Superior Planets * Inner Planets * Outer Planets * Terrestial Planets, * Jovian Planets * Gas Giants
what Scientists refer to half of the planets as inner planets because they are relatively close to the Sun. They refer to the other half as outer planets. Using the data in the table, classify the planets into one of the two groups.?
One-half of eight is four. So, there are four inner planets and four outer planets. According to the distances in the table, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are inner planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are outer planets.
What are 3 ways inner planets are alike?
The four inner, rocky planets are also known as the terrestrial planets. These are; Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The inner planets all have a clear solid surface, unlike gaseous planets. The inner planets do not have a ring system. The inner planets are of similar densities.
What characteristic did Aristotle use to divide planets into groups?
Aristotle classified planets based on their visibility and motion in relation to the Earth. He divided them into two groups: the "wandering stars," which included the planets that moved against the backdrop of fixed stars (like Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn), and the "fixed stars," which remained stationary in the night sky. This classification was based on their apparent motion and position in the celestial sphere.
What criteria are the planets placed into either the inner or outer groups?
Gas giants (for the outer planets), versus rocky planets.
What are the two major groups that planets are divided?
Inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets. (There are also Ice giants and dwarf planets)
What two major groups are the planets broken into?
There aren't really two groups but All the planets before the asteroid belt (mercury Venus Mars and earth) are rocky planets and all the planets after the asteroid belt (Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune) are gas giants.
What are the two planet groups?
There are the inner, terrestrial planets, also know as the rocky planets. Earth is one of these. Then there are the outer planets, also know as the gas planets or gas giants.
What are the inner 3 planets?
The 3 planets closest to the sun are Mercury, Venus, and Earth. We live on one of the inner planets.
How is Earth a inner planet?
The Solar System has two major groups of planets - the four inner planets which include Earth, and the four outer planets. Each of these groups shares certain characteristics with one another. Mainly, the outer planets are gas giant - i.e., they are much larger than Earth, and they are made up mainly of gas.
What are the 3 characteristics the jovian planets have in common?
Jovian planets are: -gaseous -farthest planets from the sun -largest planets
Galaxies are groups of?
Stars, planets, moons, comets, asteroids and other phenomena.
Name the 3 dwart planets?
The 3 dwarf planets in our solar system are Pluto, Eris, and Haumea.
What criteria are the planets placed into either the Jovian or terrestrial groups?
Planets are classified into terrestrial or Jovian groups based on their composition, size, and distance from the sun. Terrestrial planets like Earth are small, dense, and rocky, while Jovian planets like Jupiter are large, gaseous, and have thick atmospheres. The location of the planets in relation to the asteroid belt also plays a role in their classification.
What is called our groups of planets that revolves around the sun?
It is simply called "The Solar System"
How do the planets in the two groups different?
The first 4 planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called rock planets, and the last 4, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are the gas planets. The main differences between these two groups are that the rock planets are made of rock, the gas planets are made of gas, the rock planets are typically smaller than the gas planets, and the gas planets have rings.
