Giant planets are also called “Jovian Planets”.The term Jovian comes from Jove, the king of the gods in Roman mythology, and also the early name of Jupiter. Therefore, Jovian describes the other giant planets as being Jupiter-like. All Jovian planets were also once known as “...
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Hence the difference betweenJupiterandSaturnon the one and, andUranusandNeptuneon the other. Due to the high concentrations of volatiles (such as water, methane and ammonia) within the latter two – which planetary scientists classify as “ices” – these two giant planets are often called “ic...
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We have been discovering planets orbiting around other stars. Still, most of those have been Gas Giants whose lives could not exist because there was no water, land, or atmosphere to survive. Whilst in our solar system, the rocky planets are closest to the Sun, and the gas giants are on...
the planets of theinner Solar Systemare smaller and denser than the gas/ice giants of theouter Solar System. And in some cases, planets can actually be smaller than the largest moons. But a planet’s size is not necessarily proportional to its mass. In the end, how massive a planet is...
The discovery, outside our Solar System, of giant planets similar to Jupiter but much closer to their star, posed a serious puzzle for astronomers, because giant planets of that kind cannot form in such zones. Planets form in a disc of gas and dust that surrounds the young star.在我们的...
Ever since the invention of the telescope four hundred years ago, astronomers have been fascinated by the gas giant of Jupiter. Between it's constant, swirling clouds, its many, many moons, and its Giant Red Spot, there are many things about this planet
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The Earth is made up of iron, nickel, magnesium, silicon, and smaller concentrations of other elements. These are all pretty stable, so we don’t have to worry about them randomly bursting into flames. Other planets aren’t so lucky, though. Take Jupiter for example. This gas giant is...