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A gas giant is similar in composition to the Sun. The Sun is much bigger than the
gas giants and it is a star not a planet, of course.
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Is the sun a gas giant or an rocky planet?
no its a star if it was a gas giant it would be a planet
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
Is Mercury a trrrestrial or gas giant?
Mercury is a rocky planet and is too close to the sun to retain much of an atmosphere, much less become a gas giant.
How big is the gas gaint on mercury?
Mercury doesn't have a gas giant, a gas giant is a type of planet( the 4 planets farthest from the sun)
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.
What is earth's meaning?
The meaning of earth is the rocky body, rather than a gas giant Jupiter. It is the third planet from the sun and it is the planet where we live.
What type of celestial body is venus is it rocky or a gas giant?
All four of the inner planets are relatively small, rocky planets, like Earth. The gas giants needed to be farther away from the sun to form. Scientists have observed evidence of gas giants orbiting very close to their stars in other star systems, but they are not believed to have originated there.
Which planets have a giant gas?
The term `gas giant` is used to describe a type of planet in itself, large planets further out from the sun that are mainly made from hydrogen and helium.
The 4 planets closest to the sun are all what?
The inner planets are called "rocky" or terrestrial, a name which underscores the contrast with the outer gas giant planets.
Which gas giant is the farthest from the sun?
Neptune is the gas giant farthest from the sun.Neptune
Giant streams of exploding gas on the sun are called?
The giant streams of exploding gas on the sun are called prominences. The sun is at the very center of the solar system.
What is hotter the earth or the sun?
the sun you %^*&!!! the sun is a giant burning ball of gas!!!!! the earth is a rock covered in water!!!! you should think about these questions before you type them in.
