Chapter 1
The rocky inner sorbets
Chapter 2
The giant gas and ice swirls
Chapter 3
The cosmic menu's wild extras
Ch 2 · The giant gas and ice swirls
BETA
sonia Play an educational game where planets are ice cream scoops. Learn solar system science through the texture, color, and ingredients of each flavor.
sonia Gas and Ice Giants
No solid ground on these giant outer swirls—(just swirling clouds!) / Cold gas and ice spinning round the solar world—(spinning round!)
Fun Fact
Saturn's density: Saturn is so light and fluffy that if you could find a bathtub big enough to hold it, the entire planet would float on water!
Glossary
gas giant (noun)
A large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium. Pioneer 10 achieved the first flyby of Jupiter, the solar system's largest gas giant, in 1973.
A large planet of relatively low density consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium. Pioneer 10 achieved the first flyby of Jupiter, the solar system's largest gas giant, in 1973.