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I'm not sure what "the five distant planets" means. There are four outer planets in the solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Jupiter and Saturn are mainly hydrogen and helium, and are usually called "gas giants" for this reason.
Uranus and Neptune have substantial atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, but also contain large amounts of methane, water, and ammonia; they're sometimes also called gas giants, but sometimes "ice giants" because in astronomer language, the words "gas" and "ice" don't have their ordinary everyday meanings.
Hydrogen and helium are "gases." Things that, at normal Earth temperatures, are gases or liquids are "ices" as long as they have melting points of at least 100 K. Things that are still solid at very high temperatures are "rocks", even if they're actually metals, because "metal" to an astronomer means "anything that isn't hydrogen or helium".
To add a fifth, we'd need to come in to Mars, which is a rocky body just like Earth is.
Flavio Mitchell
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∙ 9y agoIn the atmosphere, the five distant planets are mostly made of gas.
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What are Earth and the other planets closest to the sun are made mostly of?
Earth and the other planets are mostly made of rock.
What are the four outermost planets mostly made of?
they are made mostly of gas except for pluto which is mostly ice
Which planets are mostly made of atmosphere?
i think uranus
What are planets mostly made out of?
Well, if you take all the planets together, taking into account that Jupiter and Saturn are enormous and consist mostly of hydrogen and helium gasses, then you'd have to say that the planets are made mostly of hydrogen and helium gas. But if you are allowed to give separate answers for the different planets, you'd say that the four terrestrial planets are made mostly out of silicate (rocky) material with a core of nickel-iron alloy, that Jupiter and Saturn are made mostly of a mixture of hydrogen and helium gasses, and that Urnaus and Neptune are made mostly of hydrogen and helium gases with substantial cores of water ice.
What is the Name for planets whose atmosphere is made up of mostly gases?
atmosphere is made up of gases in all planets. But if you mean planets that are mostly atmosphere, then those are gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus)
What are Earth and the other planets closest to the sun are made mostly of?
Earth and the other planets are mostly made of rock.
What are Earth and the other planets closest to the sun are made mostly?
Earth and the other planets are mostly made of rock.
Why are the smallest planets the densest?
because they are made of mostly metal and rock while the bigger planets are mostly made of gas
How do the inner planets differ from the outer?
The outer planets are mostly composed of gases and the inner planets are mostly made of rock, metals.
What are the four outermost planets mostly made of?
they are made mostly of gas except for pluto which is mostly ice
Are the inner planets large planets made up of mostly gas?
No, those are the outer planets.
What are the outermost planets mostly made of?
Ices.
What are the gassy planets made of?
They are made mostly of hydrogen and helium.
What are the giant outer planets made mostly made out of?
Gases
What are the inner planet mostly made of?
The inner planets are mostly made of iron and rock.
Stars and planets are made from what gas?
The atmosphere of the gas giants is usually made up of mostly of hydrogen and what?
Which planets are mostly made of atmosphere?
i think uranus
