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Asked by Ayayai to Chris on 16 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by Vithu20523.
Question: Why are the planets in our solar system in a particular order?
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Chris Conselice answered on 16 Mar 2016:
Great question. We don’t really know.
The smaller planets close to the Sun are all rocky planets – consisting of essentially rocks and mountains while the outer planets – jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune are all gas giants. Probably the gas giants formed further away because they had more room and were far away from the gravitational effects of the sun, so they could form without disruption.
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Ayayai commented on :
I just really wanted to know. It just seemed interesting.
Ayayai commented on :
I just really wanted to know. It seemed interesting.
Lily commented on :
Wow I guess I have just learnt something new and its 06:00am.so much for me getting a great sleep