what are the outer planets made of?
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- Like the inner planets, the outer planets have similar characteristics to one another. The outer planets are so much larger than the inner planets that they make up 99 percent of the mass of the celestial bodies that orbit the Sun. Although mainly composed of gas, the outer planets also have other ingredients.
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Geology of solar terrestrial planets 1 Hence, terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are dense small worlds composed mostly from 2% of heavier elements contained in solar nebula. 2  Formation of jovian planets: 3  In the outer solar nebula, planetesimals formed from ice flakes in addition to rocky and metal flakes.
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What is the characteristic of an outer planet? The outer planets consist of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These are all gas giants and, to our knowledge, none of them have a solid surface. They all also are signif…icantly larger than Earth.
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Space Environment Earth and the other three inner planets of our solar system (Mercury, Venus and Mars) are made of rock, containing common minerals like feldspars and metals like magnesium and aluminum. So is Pluto.The other planets are not solid. Jupiter, for instance, is made up mostly of trapped helium, hydrogen, and water.In our solar system, the four gas giants are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. Planets with their relative sizes to scale.The tiny bluish dot at the lower left is Earth.arth and the other three inner planets of our solar system (Mercury, Venus and Mars) are made of rock, containing common minerals like feldspars and metals like magnesium and aluminum. So is Pluto.
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What Divides the Inner and outer planets? The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (and previously Pluto). The two groups are divided by the Ast … eroid Belt, which occupies the gap between Mars and Jupiter.
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- The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (and previously Pluto). The two groups are divided by the Ast … eroid Belt, which occupies the gap between Mars and Jupiter.arth is an inner planet. The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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What Is Earthâs Core Made of? The outer core is about 1,400 miles thick, and it's made mostly of a combination (called an alloy) of iron and nickel, along with small amounts of other dense elements like gold, platinum, and uranium. These metals can, of course, be found on the surface of Earth in solid form. In the outer core, they're in a very hot liquid form.
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- The Jovian planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are composed of gases and pressurized liquids. Whereas, the four terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) … are composed of rock and iron.
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Solar System Facts: A Guide to Things Orbiting Our Sun Inner solar system. The four inner four planets — Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — are made up mostly of iron and rock. They are known as terrestrial or earthlike planets because of their similar size and composition. Earth has one natural satellite — the moon — and Mars has two moons — Deimos and Phobos.
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Terrestrial Planets The innermost four planets of our solar system are called the “terrestrial” planets, which comes from the word “telluric”. It is derived from the Latin words “terra” and “tellus”, used to refer to Earth. The terrestrial planets (in order of their distances from the Sun) are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.They are made mostly of silicate rocks and metals, with solid surfaces and atmospheres that range from thick (on Venus) to very thin (on Mercury). The terrestrial planets in our solar system orbit relatively close to the Sun, this gives them their other name; the “Inner Planets”. 2  Earth is the most hospitable to life. 3  Mars may have supported life in the past, but there is no evidence that conditions have ever been life-friendly on Mercury or Venus.
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What Are They, and Where Are They? What Are They, and Where Are They? While terrestrial planets accreted from planetesimals made of rocks and metals, they ended up too small to capture significant amounts of the abundant hydrogen and helium gas in the solar nebula. The jovian planets, however, formed farther from the Sun where ices and rocks were plentiful.
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General Astronomy/The Terrestrial Planets The four outer planets are called the Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. The terrestrial planets are, in order of distance from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.All of these planets are made of rocky substances, primarily nickel, iron, and silicon. The Jovians are composed mostly of hydrogen and helium gas.he four outer planets are called the Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. The terrestrial planets are, in order of distance from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
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Dunking the Planets 1 A planet's density is related to its composition. 2  The four inner terrestrial planets are dense compared to the four outer planets. 3  The inner planets are made up mainly of dense, solid rock. 4  The outer planets are composed primarily of gas, so their overall density is lower.
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- Originally posted by Allred5923 Outer space is made up of many things even though is has a low relative vacuum pressure of less that 10 to the minus 7 Torr. Space is filled with many charged ion particles, Gamma rays, X-rays, Cosmic rays, and a lot of potential energy in general.
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Outer Core of the Earth: Definition, Composition & Facts The core of the Earth is the center. The inner core is solid, and is 90% iron. But the outer core is a liquid... and it's a good thing it is! More on that later. The outer core is made of a mixture of iron and nickel, with smaller amounts of silicon and oxygen. The outer core officially begins at a depth of 2550 km below the surface of the Earth, down to a final depth of 4750 km at the boundary between the inner and outer core.
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How Our Solar System Formed Between the inner and outer planets lies an area filled with millions of asteroids — small rocky, icy, and metallic bodies left over from the formation of the Solar System. No planet formed in this area. Astronomers theorize that Jupiter’s gravity influenced this region so much that no large planet could take shape.
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- This answer has been confirmed as correct, not copied, and helpful. Confirmed by jeifunk [4/20/2015 11:56:48 PM]. The outer planets are made up mostly of _________. a. rock c. water b. gases d. lava. Weegy: The outer planets are made up mostly of gases.
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- Earth and the other three inner planets of our solar system (Mercury, Venus and Mars) are made of rock, containing common minerals like feldspars and metals like magnesium and aluminum. So is Pluto.The other planets are not solid. Jupiter, for instance, is made up mostly of trapped helium, hydrogen, and water.In our solar system, the four gas giants are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. Planets with their relative sizes to scale.The tiny bluish dot at the lower left is Earth.upiter, for instance, is made up mostly of trapped helium, hydrogen, and water. In our solar system, the four gas giants are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. Planets with their relative sizes to scale. The tiny bluish dot at the lower left is Earth.
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Solar system The inner planets (those planets that orbit close to the sun) are quite different from the outer planets (those planets that orbit far from the sun). 1  The inner planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are relatively small, composed mostly of rock, and have few or no moons.
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- Venus is one of the Inner planets, along with Mercury, Earth and Mars. The Outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (which has recently been stripped o … f it's true planet status!) Inner planets are also known as Terrestrial Planets because they have a rocky surface.n 99.99%+ of the known cases, planets would be illuminated objects. For a planet to be luminous it would need to provide a source of light beyond reflected light.
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Dunking the Planets 1 The four inner terrestrial planets are dense compared to the four outer planets. 2  The inner planets are made up mainly of dense, solid rock. 3  The outer planets are composed primarily of gas, so their overall density is lower.
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Gas Giants: Facts About the Outer Planets The planet is mostly made of hydrogen and helium surrounding a dense core of rocks and ice, with most of its bulk likely made up of liquid metallic hydrogen, which creates a huge magnetic field. Jupiter is visible with the naked eye and was known by the ancients. Its atmosphere consists mostly of hydrogen, helium, ammonia, and methane. [ Related: Planet Jupiter: Facts About Its Size, Moons and Red Spot ].
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- Mercury is the underdog planet. It's the smallest guy in the neighborhood, and it lives in the roughest part of town—high temperature, strong solar wind. But little Mercury is tough. It's made out of the densest material.
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- SUMMARY: All four jovian planets are surrounded by a set of rings. These rings are made up of rock, ice, and dust particles that range in size from microscopically small to the size of a house.
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- Confidence votes 55. The outer of the planets are made mostly of gases like hydrogen, helium and nitrogen. 1  The Gas Giants-Jupiter and Saturn are composed of mainly hydrogen and helium. 2  The Ice Giants-Uranus and Neptune are composed of hydrogen and helium but have much more methane and ices.3  they are all made of liquid, too.onfidence votes 55. The outer of the planets are made mostly of gases like hydrogen, helium and nitrogen. 1  The Gas Giants-Jupiter and Saturn are composed of mainly hydrogen and helium. 2  The Ice Giants-Uranus and Neptune are composed of hydrogen and helium but have much more methane and ices.