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Terrestrial planets have a rock composition (and are also smaller), giant planets are made up from mostly hydrogen, helium and icy and rocky materials.

However, the two giants, Jupiter and Saturn, have a very small inner core of icy and rocky materials and a larger outer core of hydrogen and helium.

The two subgaints, Neptune and Uranus, have a larger inner core of icy and rocky material and a smaller outer layer of hydrogen, helium and icy materials.

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