How were the gas giants formed in comparison to the rocky planets?
The distance from the Sun where the planets formed contribute to their composition.
There was a disk of material made up of dust, ice, and gases that orbited the Sun in the early solar system.
The solids began to clump together to form a protoplanetary disk, and this process persisted until the orbit contained only one planet, possibly with moons.
The inner planets are rocky because volatile materials in the inner solar system were gasses and did not participate in the clumping process.
The formation of the gas and ice giant planets through clumping occurred farther out, where the volatile materials and gasses were sufficiently cold to become solid.
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All the planets were formed at the same time but the composition of a planet dictated its position.
The majority of the gas giants are composed of hydrogen, methane, and ammonia, all of which are extremely light in comparison to the rocky particles the inner planets collected. As these gases collected around a central point of gravity, the gas giants were formed. Newtonian physics demonstrates that when objects are in motion or orbit, the heavier particles tend to stay close to the center of gravity while the lighter particles move outward.
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Gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn formed farther from the Sun where it was cooler, allowing volatile gases to condense into solid cores, which then attracted more gas and dust, gradually building up their massive atmospheres. Rocky planets like Earth and Mars formed closer to the Sun, where it was hotter, leading to the accumulation of denser materials such as silicates and metals, forming their solid cores.
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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

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