SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jovian Planets. From top: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are known as the Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets, because they are all gigantic compared with Earth, and they have a gaseous nature like Jupiter’s–mostly hydrogen, with some helium and trace gases and ices.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and has the third-largest diameter in our solar system. It was the first planet found with the aid of a telescope, Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, although he originally thought it was either a comet or a star.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nicknames for the eight planets in the solar system are Swift Planet for Mercury, Morning Star and Evening Star for Venus, Blue Planet for Earth, Red Planet for Mars, Giant Planet for Jupiter, Ringed Planet for Saturn, Ice Giant for Uranus and Big Blue Planet for Neptune.

Detailed explanation-5: -So far scientists have categorized exoplanets into the following types: Gas giant, Neptunian, super-Earth and terrestrial.