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A Jupiter like planet is basically one of the outside planets, its further away from the sun and is a called a gas giant. They also have much more than one moon.
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Terrestrial and jovian planets?
Terrestrial planets are the solid planets like Earth and Mars. Jovian planets are those gas planets like Jupiter and Saturn.
What are Saturns neighboring planets?
Jupiter and Uranus are Saturn's neighboring planets
The inner planets are also known as?
Older texts will refer to the four outer gas giant planets as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.However, later texts will refer to Jupiter and Saturn as the gas giants and Uranus and Neptune as the ice giants.
Which planets are gas planets?
The Gas Giant planets are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What are the outter planets?
Inner planets are closer to the sun than the outer planets. Inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The outer planets are Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter (and maybe Pluto. The inner and outer planets are separated by a large distance and an asteroid belt. The inner planets are "rocky" the outer planets are gaseous (with the exception of Pluto.
Why are some planets called jovian planets?
Jovian means Jupiter-like - these planets are made of gas and are several times more massive than the Earth - like Jupiter.
Which planets are like Jupiter?
Saturn.
What does Jupiter oribit?
Like all planets, Jupiter orbits the Sun.
What does planet Jupiter do?
planet jupiter orbits the sun like other planets
What are large spheres made mostly of gases?
Those may be stars, or giant planets (like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).Those may be stars, or giant planets (like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).Those may be stars, or giant planets (like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).Those may be stars, or giant planets (like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).
Terrestrial and jovian planets?
Terrestrial planets are the solid planets like Earth and Mars. Jovian planets are those gas planets like Jupiter and Saturn.
Is Mercury jovain?
Mercury is not a jovian planet because all planets after Jupiter and Jupiter are all jovian planets. So Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus , Neptune and the poor old Pluto that was booted from the planets are all jovian.
What planets size is most like the suns?
Jupiter
Is Jovian planets located beyond the orbit of mars?
Yes. Jove is the one of the alternate names for the Roman chief god Jupiter, so "jovian" means "Jupiter-like". The four "gas giant" planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, all are further from the Sun than Mars is.
By what criteria are the planets placed into either the Jovian or terrestrial group?
Planets are either earth-like or Jupiter-like.
What does gas giant mean when you are talking about planets?
like Jupiter
What are Saturns neighboring planets?
Jupiter and Uranus are Saturn's neighboring planets
