outer planet
Beyond the asteroids
An outer planet is one whose orbit lies beyond the asteroid belt—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in our solar system.
These gas and ice giants contrast with the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars), which are smaller and rockier.
The term sometimes includes dwarf planets like Pluto in the outer reaches of the solar system.
Largest solar system planet
- SaturnRinged gas giant
- UranusSideways-spinning outer world
- NeptuneEighth planet or sea deity
- solar systemStar and orbiting bodies
orbit · gas giant · ice giant · moons · astronomical unit · aphelion · perihelion · revolution
Largest solar system planet
- SaturnRinged gas giant
- NeptuneEighth planet or sea deity
- UranusSideways-spinning outer world
- ZeusGreek sky god
Cronus · Poseidon · Roman gods · Greek gods · Titan
Simplest atomic element
- heliumLightest noble gas
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- ammoniaAcrid nitrogen-hydrogen gas
- Great Red SpotJupiter's persistent atmospheric vortex
storm · vortex · jet stream · cyclone · anticyclone · convection · wind speed · troposphere
Distant or controller
- farawayAt great distance
- vastnessState of being immense
- darknessTotal absence of light
- coldLow temperature state
isolated · peripheral · outlying · boundless · depths · void · desolate · inaccessible
Extremely large and heavy
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- colossalExtremely large in scale
- giganticImmensely large in scale
- immenseExtremely large in scope
vast · titanic · voluminous · gravitational pull · diameter · mass · density
Frozen flavored dessert
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- cryosphereEarth's frozen water systems
Jupiter
Largest solar system planet
solar system · orbit · gas giant · ice giant · moons · astronomical unit · aphelion · perihelion · revolution · celestial
Jupiter
Largest solar system planet
Zeus · Cronus · Poseidon · Roman gods · Greek gods · Titan
hydrogen
Simplest atomic element
Great Red Spot · storm · vortex · jet stream · cyclone · anticyclone · convection · wind speed · troposphere · stratosphere
remote
Distant or controller
cold · isolated · peripheral · outlying · boundless · depths · void · desolate · inaccessible · extreme
massive
Extremely large and heavy
immense · vast · titanic · voluminous · gravitational pull · diameter · mass · density
water ice
Frozen flavored dessert
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- cryosphereEarth's frozen water systems
outer planetinner planet
Rocky world near sun
Mercury · Venus · terrestrial planet · rocky planet · Earth
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