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The Jovian Planets

The next four planets are the Jovian planets are in an entirely different class than the terrestrials. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all gigantic gaseous worlds with a liquid core. It is only thanks to their awesome size in comparison with the Earth that we are able to see them at all.


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