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These are the four outer gas giant planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

This is the view of the older text books. However, since the voyager flybys, it was detected that Uranus and Neptune had different chemical composition than Jupiter and Saturn and they contained more ice. For that reason, they are now considered Ice Giants and not Gas Giants.
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Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus are referred to as the "Gas Giants"

due to their being comprised of non-rocky materials.

Of these four, Jupiter and Saturn are comprised mostly of gases.

-S.M.

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