The Four Gas Giants

What is a gas giant?

• Gas Giant is a planet not mainly made up  of rock or other solids.
• A gas giant is a massive planet with a thick atmosphere.
• The atmosphere is mad up of hydrogen and helium.

Four Gas Giants

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

Jupiter

• Jupiter is the largest plant in our solar system.
• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.
• The surface area is 23.71 billion sq. miles.
• It has a least 67 known moons.

Saturn

• Saturn is the sixth planet away from the sun
• Saturn is the second largest planet
• The surface area is 16.49 billion sq. miles
• It has 62 moons.
• It takes 10,755.70 Earth days to orbit the sun.

Uranus

• Uranus is the seventh planet away from the sun.
• Uranus is the third largest planet.
• The surface area is 3.121 billion sq. miles.
• It has 27 moons.
• Uranus was discovered on March 13th 1781.

Neptune

• Uranus is the eighth and farthest planet away from the sun. 
• Uranus is the fourth largest planet. 
• The surface area is 2.941 billion sq. miles.
• It has 14 moons. 
• The surface temperature is -201 degrees celsius. 

Moons

• Jupiter has 67 known moons.
• Saturn has 62 known moons.
• Uranus has 27 known moons.
• Neptune has 14 known moons.

Interesting Facts

• The gas giants are the farthest from the sun (outer planet).
• They are also known jovian planets after Jupiter.
• They are low-density planets. 
• Gas giants are extremely cold. 
• They have a dozens of satellites and rings.

My favorite gas giant

• My favorite gas giant is Jupiter.
• It's my favorite because it's the biggest of all the planets.
• Also because Jupiter has the most moon.