Compare and Contrast Jovian and Terrestrial planets
Terrestrial Planets
Similarities
All the planets follow an elliptical orbit
Are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Inner planets are smaller in size than the outer planets
The inner planets have less moon than the outer planets
The inner planets have greater density than the outer planets
The inner planets have solid surfaces and thin or no atmosphere
The inner planets are closer to the Sun
Inner planets have slow rotations and fast orbits
Earth is the largest terrestrial planet
Inner planets are all made of cooled igneous rock with iron cores
None of the inner planets have rings
Mercury atmosphere has been boiled away by the sun
Jovian Planets
Are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Their composition are mostly gases, such as hydrogen
They are called gas giants because they are mostly made out of gas
Their atmosphere is mostly made out of hydrogen and helium
Uranus and Neptune are blue because of the Methane in their clouds
Their core is made out of hydrogen and liquid metallic hydrogen
They all have rings around them
only Saturn's rings are visible
Uranus and Neptune are called the ice giants
The Gas Giants are much less dense than the Terrestrial planets
The outer planets have many moons
Outer planets have fast rotations and slow orbits
They all share the same orbit plane
They are all spherical in shape