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    Gas giant planets are very large planets, ranging from 15 to more than 300 times the mass of Earth. Gas giants are made up of lightweight gases like, hydrogen, helium, carbon nitrogen, and oxygen. A gas giant planet has a density of 1.326 g / m3 which is very low for it's size.

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    Gas giant planets are very large planets, ranging from 15 to more than 300 times the mass of Earth. Gas giants are made up of lightweight gases like, hydrogen, helium, carbon nitrogen, and oxygen. A gas giant planet has a density of 1.326 g / m3 which is very low for it's size.

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    1. Termstoknow
    a. GasGiantPlanetsVerylargeplanets,rangingfrom15to
    morethan300timesthemassofEarth,andfrom4tomore
    than10timesthemassofEarth.
    b. LiquidMetallicHydrogenaformofHydrogenthathas
    propertiesofbothliquidandmetal,andcanonlyexistunder
    conditionsofveryhighpressure.
    c. Beltslow,warm,darkcoloredcloudsthatsink.
    d. ZonesHigh,cool.lightcoloredcloudsthatrise.
    2.
    TheGasGiantPlanets
    a.Theinteriorofgasgiantsareeithergasesorliquids,andthey
    mighthavesmall,solidcores.
    b.Theyarealsomadeupoflightweightgaseslike,hydrogen,
    helium,carbonnitrogen,andoxygen.
    3.
    Jupiter

    a.Jupiteristhebiggestplanet.Ithas11timeslargerthanEarth
    indiameter.
    b.Jupitersmassmakesup70percentofallplanetarymatterin
    thesolarsystem.
    c.Anatmosphericstormhasbeengoingonformorethan300
    years.ItiscalledtheGreatRedSpot.
    4.
    Rings

    a.TherewasaspacecraftcalledtheGalileospacecraftthat
    observedJupiteranditsmoonsforfiveyearsinto90s.
    5.Jupiterhasadensityof1.326g/m^3.Whichisverylowforits
    size.Thatisbecauseitiscomposedofmanydifferentgases.
    6.Jupiterrotatesveryrapidlyforitssize.Itspinsonceevery10
    hoursabout.Givingittheshortestdayinthesolarsystem.Jupiterhasa
    magneticfieldgeneratebecauseofalayerofliquidmetallichydrogen.
    7.Jupiterhasmorethan60moons.63tobeexact.Jupitersfour
    largestmoonsaretheGalileanmoons.Theyarecalledthatbecausethe

    Galileansatellitesfoundthem.Jupiterssmallermoonswerefoundbya
    seriesofdifferentprobes.
    8.
    SaturnisslightlysmallerthanJupiter.Whattheyhavein
    commonisthattheybothspinrapidlyfortheirsizeandhasalayered
    cloudsystem.
    9.Saturnsmoststrikingfeatureisitsrings.Saturnsringsaremuch
    broaderandbrighterthanmostgasgiants.Theringsarethin.Lessthan
    200mthick.
    10.Saturnhasmorethan45satellitesincludingthegreatTitanwhich
    islargerthantheplanetMercury.
    11.Uranuswasdiscoveredaccidentallyin1781.Itwasfirstobserved
    asabluishobjectfloatingaroundwiththestars.
    12.Uranushasatleast27moonsandafaintringsystem.Uranus
    ringsaremostlydark.Becauseiftheatmospherearoundit,italmostlooks
    invisible.
    13.TherotationalaxisofUranusistippedsofarthatitsnorthpole
    almostliesonitsorbitalplane.EachpoleonUranusspends42Earth
    daysindakandthesameamountinsunlightduetoitstilt.
    14.Neptunewaspredictedbeforeitwasevenproventobethere.In
    1846Neptunewasproventobeinthesolarsystem.
    15.NeptuneisslightlysmallerthanUranusbutitis4timeslargerin
    diameterthanEarth.NeptuneandUranushaveasimilarbluishcolor.
    16.Neptunehas13moons.ThelargestisTriton.Tritonhasgeysers.

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