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Gas giants in the solar system
From top to bottom: Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter to approximate scale and color.

The outer planets are planets in the Solar System that are beyond the asteroid belt. The four planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are gas giants. All four of these planets have planetary rings which are made up of dust and other particles.

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  • Galileo Probe - AC81-0174

    The Galileo Probe plunged deep into Jupiter in 1995. It was carried to the Jovian system by the Galileo spacecraft, where it was released and survived what was then the highest-velocity atmospheric entry yet attempted.

  • Saturn's northern hemisphere

    Real image of the northern hemisphere of Saturn, as taken by the Cassini–Huygens mission

  • Great Red Spot From Voyager 1

    Jupiter by Voyager 1 on February 25, 1979

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