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How I understand it, the four inner planets are rocky planets because the Sun boiled off most of their atmospheres, while the planets past Mars retained theres.
I was wondering if the reason why Jupiter is so big is because it is the closest planet to Mars, so it caught most of the atmosphere that was boiled away by the Sun. Plus, the planets get smaller and smaller after Jupiter. Although maybe that has more to do with the density of the disc near the edges when the planets were forming.
I was wondering if the reason why Jupiter is so big is because it is the closest planet to Mars, so it caught most of the atmosphere that was boiled away by the Sun. Plus, the planets get smaller and smaller after Jupiter. Although maybe that has more to do with the density of the disc near the edges when the planets were forming.