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Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as "inner planets" or "terrestrial planets".

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What are the 4 rocky planets?

The inner rocky planets are; Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. They are also known as the terrestrial planets.


What are the 4 larger outer planets known as?

The four outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus.


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Are inner planets known as Terrestrial planets?

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What are the characteristics of outer and inner planets?

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What planets are known as the light planets?

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Are the 8 planets terrestrial or jovian planets?

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Is mars an inner or outer panet?

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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.