Separated by the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, they’re on the other side of it than the inner planets. The outer planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They should be distinguished from superior planets, which are those that are further away from the Sun than the Ea...
Terrestrial Planets: Earth-like planets. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Jovian Planets: Jupiter-like planets. These include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Challenge 2 The second challenge for any theory of solar system formation is to explain why the inner and outer solar ...
A simple qualitative model based on the resonance between Saturn's satellites Titan and Hyperion is presented, the same resonance is analyzed quantitatively, and the small-eccentricity mechanism is examined. The following resonances are investigated in detail: Enceladus-Dione, Mimas-Tethys, Neptune-...