1) gas giants/outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus Neptune; outside of the asteroid belt
2) Terrestrial planets/inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars; inside the asteroid belt
Terrestrial planets are like Earth, Mars, or Venus--they are smaller rocky masses that may also have a thin atmosphere.
Gas planets are like Jupiter, Saturn, or Uranus--they are larger masses that are composed primarily if not exclusively of matter in gas or liquid form.
There are two main categorizations of planets, terrestrial planets and gas giants. These can be further subdivided to large terrestrial planets and dwarf planets, and gas giants and ice giants.
Planets are classified according to their composition. Terrestrial planets are mostly rock, metal, and some liquids. Gas giants are mostly gases (especially hydrogen, nitrogen, and helium).
In the solar system orbiting our sun, Sol, there are 18 recognized planets, with two protoplanets and thousands of asteroids and moons (some of which are larger than some of the dwarf planets). The planet classes in our system are as follows (ordered primarily by category and secondarily by mean orbital radius):
Dwarf Planets
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
Ice Giants
Protoplanets (honorable mentions)
It is interest to note that every dwarf planet in our system except Sedna orbits within one of our three asteroid belts (Asteroid Belt, 1, Kuiper Belt, 8, Oort Cloud, 0).
Inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets. (There are also Ice giants and dwarf planets)
Yes, the densities of the solar system planets can generally be grouped into two categories: terrestrial planets (such as Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury) with higher densities due to their rocky compositions, and the gas giant planets (such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) with lower densities due to their gaseous compositions.
Metals and non-metals are the two groups. Metal loose electrons. Non metals gain electrons.
The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are rocky terrestrial planets with solid surfaces, while the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are gas giants composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. Inner planets are smaller and have thinner atmospheres, while outer planets are much larger and have thick atmospheres of gas and volatile compounds.
Gas giants (for the outer planets), versus rocky planets.
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There aren't really two groups but All the planets before the asteroid belt (mercury Venus Mars and earth) are rocky planets and all the planets after the asteroid belt (Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune) are gas giants.
Inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets. (There are also Ice giants and dwarf planets)
it depends
One way to divide the planets could be by classifying them as terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) and gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune). Terrestrial planets are small, rocky, and have solid surfaces, while gas giants are much larger, composed mainly of gases and liquids, and lack a solid surface.
Divide 28 cans of soda into two groups so the ratio is 3 to 4
There are the inner, terrestrial planets, also know as the rocky planets. Earth is one of these. Then there are the outer planets, also know as the gas planets or gas giants.
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Yes, the densities of the solar system planets can generally be grouped into two categories: terrestrial planets (such as Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury) with higher densities due to their rocky compositions, and the gas giant planets (such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) with lower densities due to their gaseous compositions.
To divide something that has already been divided. 8, which can be divided into two groups of four, can be subdivided into four groups of two.
12 and 21
Yes, 14 divided by 2 is 7.