SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Gas giants are large planets composed mostly of gases, such as hydrogen and helium, with a relatively small rocky core. The gas giants of our solar system-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune-together make up a group known as the Jovian planets, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder (opens in new tab).

Detailed explanation-2: -The composition of Jupiter is similar to that of the Sun – mostly hydrogen and helium. Deep in the atmosphere, pressure and temperature increase, compressing the hydrogen gas into a liquid.

Detailed explanation-3: -Uranus is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system (the other is Neptune). Most (80% or more) of the planet’s mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of “icy” materials – water, methane, and ammonia – above a small rocky core. Near the core, it heats up to 9, 000 degrees Fahrenheit (4, 982 degrees Celsius).

Detailed explanation-4: -Jupiter is almost entirely gas and liquid. Therefore, Jupiter and the related planets Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are sometimes called gas giants (they are also called the Jovian Planets, since Jove was another name for the god Jupiter).

Detailed explanation-5: -These images of the four Jovian planets-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune-hint at some of the remarkable attributes that set them apart from the smaller, rocky terrestrial planets.