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Inner Vs Outer Planets

Published on Jan 25, 2016

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Inner planets

  • Are warmer, closer to the Sun
  • Solid, rocky surface
  • Mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere
  • Smaller, few or no moons
  • Closer to each other,shorter revolutions
Photo by NASAblueshift
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Outer planets

  • Gaseous outer layers
  • Large, colder "gas giants"
  • Many moons, longer revolutions
  • Mostly hydrogen and helium atmosphere
  • Further apart from each other and Sun
Photo by derekbruff
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Inner planets include:
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars

Photo by Kevin M. Gill
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Outer planets include:
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Photo by Image Editor
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Asteroid Belt

  • Between Mars and Jupiter
  • millions of rock/metal asteroids
  • total mass
Photo by Trevor Prentice
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Kuiper Belt

  • After Neptune
  • Mostly icy comets and asteroids
Photo by Image Editor
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Oort Cloud

  • Cloud of poisonus gases, dwarf planets
  • 1 light year from Sun
  • Surrounds our Solar system
Photo by dolanh

Marybeth Mineo