Chapter 2
The giant planets
Beyond the asteroid belt lie four giants. Jupiter and Saturn are made mostly of hydrogen and helium; Uranus and Neptune, farther out and colder, are ice giants. All four have rings and many moons.
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- Glowing on the orbit: the first giantJupiter
- Glowing on the orbit: the ringed giantSaturn
- Glowing on the orbit: the seventh planetUranus
- Glowing on the orbit: the outermost planetNeptune
- Name of Jupiter's giant long-lived stormThe Great Red Spot
- The two planets the asteroid belt lies betweenMars and Jupiter
- Largest object in the asteroid beltCeres
- Saturn's largest moonTitan
- Most volcanically active body in the Solar SystemIo
- Neptune's largest moonTriton