What is the temperature difference between the outer planets and the inner planets?

Answer 1

The outer planets generate their own heat and the inner planets are warmed by the sun.

Answer 2

There is a wide range of temperatures between the inner planets themselves but in general, the farther away you are from the Sun, the colder it will be. So inner planets, being closer to the Sun, are warmer than the outer planets, which are farther away.

Answer 3

Because they are farther away from the sun. Also, earth and Venus are the only planets that have an atmosphere. Actually the outer planets are pretty warm on the daylight side. Like the moon, the sun-wards side of the planet can reach around 200 C. The side facing away gets cold really quickly because there aren't any gasses to hold the temperature. Also, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus; the gas giants, have a temperature of about 20 C on the surface, and get warmer the deeper you get because of pressure and other stuff. The center of Jupiter is supposed to have temperatures as hot as the surface of the sun...

Answer 4

Because they are much farther from the Sun, the outer planets receive less heat from solar radiation. Their diffuse atmospheres lose most of this heat to space. However, their interiors are much hotter than the surface of the Earth, or even Mercury, because of internally-generated heat.

Answer 5

When the solar system formed, the distance from the sun determines which elements can condense into planets.

Planets that form at the distance of Jupiter and beyond are cold enough that light molecules like ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide and water can condense into solids. This allows them to grow much bigger.

The dividing line between the inner and outer planets is known as the ice line.

A good description of this process is here:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/553008/solar-system/242063/Differentiation-into-inner-and-outer-planets

Answer 6

The outer planets such are further from the Sun, which makes them colder.
Outer means they are further from the Sun therefore they receive a smaller amount of heat and light per square metre, which is why they are colder. On the Earth the Sun's heat is about 1400 watts/sq. metre, on Mercury it is about 11 kW/sq. m. while on Neptune it's only 1½ W/sq. m.

Answer 7

The outer planets, such as Jupiter and Saturn, are much colder than the inner planets like Mercury and Venus. This is because the outer planets are much farther from the sun and receive less heat and light. Temperatures on the outer planets can reach hundreds of degrees below zero, while temperatures on the inner planets can reach hundreds of degrees above zero.

Answer 8

Indubitably! The farther a planet is from the sun the colder it tends to be.

Answer 9

The outer planets are cold because of their distance from the Sun. The Sun's light and heat are absorbed by other planets/moons/asteroids before they can get there.