Giant planet facts for kids

Giant planets are either gas giants (e.g. Jupiter, Saturn) or ice giants (Uranus, Neptune).

Images for kids

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  The Solar System's four giant planets against the Sun, to scale

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  These cut-aways illustrate interior models of the giant planets. Jupiter is shown with a rocky core overlaid by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen.

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  Saturn's north polar vortex

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  An artist's conception of 79 Ceti b, the first extrasolar giant planet found with a minimum mass less than Saturn.

See also

In Spanish: Planeta gigante para niños