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A terrestrial planet, telluric planet or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals. Within the Solar System, the terrestrial planets are the inner planets closest to the Sun.
A gas giant (sometimes also known as a jovian planet after the planet Jupiter, or giant planet) is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in the Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Many extrasolar gas giants have been identified orbiting other stars.
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What is a common feature of inner planets?
The inner planets are all terrestrial - they are "rocky". The outer planets are gas giants.
Are inner planets gas giants?
No, the inner planets are the terrestrial or rocky planets. The outer planets are the gas giant planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They are mainly made up of Hydrogen and Helium gas.
What are the four inner or terrestrial planets?
The 4 "inner planets" are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.The solar system consists of two types of planets: terrestrial and jovian (or "gas giants"). The inner four planets, which are all terrestrial, are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (from closest to furthest).
Are planets more likely to be gas giants or terrestrial planets?
Bigger planets are more likely to be gas giants while smaller ones are more likely to be terrestrial. This of course is not the answer to your question which is, of all planets that may exist, is there a greater likelyhood of there being terrestrial planets or gas giants?
What are the four inner planets of your solar system called?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the 4 inner planets.
What is a common feature of inner planets?
The inner planets are all terrestrial - they are "rocky". The outer planets are gas giants.
What are two ways that the eight planets can be classified?
They can be classed as terrestrial planets or gas giants, or inner and outer.
Are inner planets gas giants?
No, the inner planets are the terrestrial or rocky planets. The outer planets are the gas giant planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They are mainly made up of Hydrogen and Helium gas.
What are the four inner or terrestrial planets?
The 4 "inner planets" are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.The solar system consists of two types of planets: terrestrial and jovian (or "gas giants"). The inner four planets, which are all terrestrial, are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (from closest to furthest).
What separates the terrestrial planets from the gas giants?
All terrestrial planets are able to maintain life, but the gas giants cannot.
What are the two planet groups?
There are the inner, terrestrial planets, also know as the rocky planets. Earth is one of these. Then there are the outer planets, also know as the gas planets or gas giants.
Which planets are terrestrial and which planets are gas giants?
The Terrestrial Planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The Gas Giants are Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune.
Are planets more likely to be gas giants or terrestrial planets?
Bigger planets are more likely to be gas giants while smaller ones are more likely to be terrestrial. This of course is not the answer to your question which is, of all planets that may exist, is there a greater likelyhood of there being terrestrial planets or gas giants?
What separates the terrestrial planets and the Gas Giants?
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What do gas giants and terrestrial planets have the common?
They are both planets !!!!
What is between the gas and terrestrial planets?
The Asteroid Belt is a demarcation between the gas giants and terrestrial type planets.
Is Earth a gas giant?
Earth is a rocky planet because the gas giants are in the outer planets and earth is in the inner planet.
