Compare And Contrast Cells And Moons In Our Solar System
Planets and moons in our solar system share many similar properties, but there are also many ways they are different. Some of the main differences come with the different geologic activity, composition, interior structure, magnetic field, and atmosphere that distinguish some planets and moons from others. The first way to separate the planets as far as their surfaces is breaking them into their two categories. The Jovian planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are primarily composed of gas and are the outer 4 planets in our solar system. The Terrestrial planets (Mars, Earth, Mercury, Venus) are mostly rock and metal and are the four planets closest to the sun. Since the Terrestrial planets are made of rock and metal, their surfaces are
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The moons of Jovian planets are normally pretty icey since they are far from the sun, but some have volcanic activity that shape their surface. Of course all the object in the solar system are shaped by impact cratering because this happens all over the solar system. The interior structure of Terrestrial planets are hard to study because we cant really reach them, even on Earth. We do know that on Earth there is a lot of pressure and extremely high temperatures, so we know we have a hot core. The surface is cold, but as you go deeper into the core it gets hotter and more liquid. The same, other than surface temperature, goes for the other Terrestrial planets, but some have thicker crust that makes volcanic activity less likely to actually effect the surface. The interior core of the Jovian planets is very similar to the metal cores of Terrestrial planets, but outside their cores there is way more gas that makes the interior core almost impossible to research. The main difference between the Jovian planets is that some got more helium and hydrogen than the others, so they reacted differently to outside gravity forces and temperatures. Their internal heat comes from the sun and also from within. Saturn and Neptune produce more energy than they take from the
The moons of Jovian planets are normally pretty icey since they are far from the sun, but some have volcanic activity that shape their surface. Of course all the object in the solar system are shaped by impact cratering because this happens all over the solar system. The interior structure of Terrestrial planets are hard to study because we cant really reach them, even on Earth. We do know that on Earth there is a lot of pressure and extremely high temperatures, so we know we have a hot core. The surface is cold, but as you go deeper into the core it gets hotter and more liquid. The same, other than surface temperature, goes for the other Terrestrial planets, but some have thicker crust that makes volcanic activity less likely to actually effect the surface. The interior core of the Jovian planets is very similar to the metal cores of Terrestrial planets, but outside their cores there is way more gas that makes the interior core almost impossible to research. The main difference between the Jovian planets is that some got more helium and hydrogen than the others, so they reacted differently to outside gravity forces and temperatures. Their internal heat comes from the sun and also from within. Saturn and Neptune produce more energy than they take from the