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What aspect of gas giants is most responsible for their low temperature?
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∙ 13y ago
The gas giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are much farther from the Sun than the inner planets, and so receive less solar heating. They are very hot in their interiors, however, due to compression from the large overlying atmosphere.
It is difficult to accurately theorize what their mass, size, and composition would be if they were in closer orbits, but they would have higher average temperatures. The second reason for the low average temperature of gas giants is their large diameter, with a greater volume of atmosphere farther from the layers that have higher compression and heat retention. Even for Earth, the majority of the atmosphere (in the higher altitudes) is extremely cold by surface standards.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 11y agoActually, the temperature of the gas giants are higherthan Earth's would be if it were in their orbits. This is because their greater gravities generate internal heat. Jupiter, the most massive (318 times the Earth) radiates more energy than it receives from the Sun.
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∙ 14y agoThey are far from the Sun. Jupiter is about 5 times the distance from the Sun, compared to Earth (and thus receives about 4% of the light, per square meter); Saturn is even farther away.
They are far from the Sun. Jupiter is about 5 times the distance from the Sun, compared to Earth (and thus receives about 4% of the light, per square meter); Saturn is even farther away.
They are far from the Sun. Jupiter is about 5 times the distance from the Sun, compared to Earth (and thus receives about 4% of the light, per square meter); Saturn is even farther away.
They are far from the Sun. Jupiter is about 5 times the distance from the Sun, compared to Earth (and thus receives about 4% of the light, per square meter); Saturn is even farther away.
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∙ 14y agoThey are far from the Sun. Jupiter is about 5 times the distance from the Sun, compared to Earth (and thus receives about 4% of the light, per square meter); Saturn is even farther away.
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∙ 15y agotheir distance from the sun.
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∙ 15y agoThey are far from the sun.
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∙ 13y agoTheir distance from the sun
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∙ 6y agobc there are gases
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They are far from the sun
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