0
Why does the composition of the giant gas planets differ from that of the rocky planets?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
The current explanation is that while the planets were forming the solar winds tended to push gaseous substances further out toward the rim of the 'accretion disk' of pre-planetary materials, leaving the rock behind. Even the gas giants have cores of rocky or metallic composition, although their bulk is overwhelmingly the gases that came together around them.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Inner planets compared to outer planets?
Inner Planets: Are rocky planets and smallOuter Planets: Are gas giants and giant
Is Venus's a terrestrial or gas giant?
Venus is one of the four rocky or terrestrial planets - not a gas giant.
What are two major differences in the composition of the inner and outer planets?
the inner planets are rocky and warm and the outer planets are made out of gas and is cold
What are two types of planets an be found in our solar system?
There are the four smaller, denser, inner, rocky, terrestrial planets. then there are the four outer gas giant planets.
What Terrestrial planets are rocky bodies whereas the giant planets consist mostly of gasses with trace amounts of solids?
The "terrestrial planets" are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
What type of planet is rocky or gaseous?
The "terrestrial planets" are rocky and the "gas giant planets" are gaseous.
Is Ceres a rocky or gas giant?
rocky yet all the inner planets are
Is it rocky or a gas giant?
Our planet earth is one of the four rocky or terrestrial planets.
Inner planets compared to outer planets?
Inner Planets: Are rocky planets and smallOuter Planets: Are gas giants and giant
Is the earth a rocky or gas giant?
It's A Rock. A Gas you can't feel. I'm going to say that yes it is a rock but our second thought was gas so don't feel mistakened
How do inner planets differ from the outer one?
They have rocky surfaces.
Which small rocky planets have no rings?
. . . All of them. The only planets with notable rings are Saturn (gas giant) and Uranus (ice giant).
Which planets are not among the gas giant planets?
All of the inner planets are rocky planets: Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury
Is Mercury a giant or a rocky terrestrial?
Mercury is a rocky planet. The inner planets (first four planets from the sun) are rocky planets (which means that you could stand on them) and are the smallest. While the outer planets (last four planets from the sun) are gas planets and the biggest.
How do the surface materials of the inner and outer planets differ?
The inner planets' surface materials differ from the outer planets because the inner planets have rocky surfaces and the outer planets have gas surfaces.
How does the composition of a star differ from the composition a planet?
The composition of Our Gas Giants may resemble that of Our Sun, yet they have not the Power Of Ignition! The rocky composition of the inner planets bears no resemblance at all. Stars are mostly Hydrogen. the core of stars is under so much pressure that the Hydrogen undergoes fusion into Heliun and a few heavier elements. Planets are too small for this to happen.
How are the planets classifications as a terrestrial plaent or gas giant generally related to their densities?
Rocky planets are denser than gas giants.
