Our planet is the largest known today by astronomers, right?

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(Of course we exclude from the count the inflated "balloon planets" like Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune).

I exclude the balloon planets (and Uranus) from my question, because no giant can match the earth's weight with only puffs of oxygen and carbon.

The reason why more satellites spin around the giants is definetely , caused by temperature fluctuations on these atmo planets, not mass. A tornado spins perfect circles, so why not wind around planets?

In fact strong winds on Jupi indicate that the atmosphere is alternatively very hot and cold there. If it was like -180 Celsius day & night, we would not see movement in the clouds. Rather, we'd see lakes of methane (CH4 liquefies at -162 celsius).

Good evening Tori. :)

Answer 1

Its the largest known rocky planet in our solar system.
But its not the largest rocky planet known - they recently discovered a "super-Earth" at about 5 times our mass (and therefore larger than Earth) in orbit around Gliese 581 (about 20 light years away).
And your term "balloon planets" should include Uranus. And even if those worlds are largely gas, they are all still much more massive than the Earth (Uranus 14 times, Neptune 17 times, Saturn 95 times, and Jupiter 318 times).

Answer 2

Dear Sir:
I am sorry to report that you are mistaken. At this time there are 239 other planets that have been discovered in other solar systems outside of ours and at least one of them is reasonably earthlike, and quite a bit larger than the Earth. Unfortunately is is about 20 Light Years away, so no real exploration is possible in the near future.

Our Galaxy, the Milky Way contains more than 200 Billion stars just like our Sun. Each one of those stars could have ten or more planets with their associated moons orbiting around it. So the question that you ask is not really a good one. Discoveries of new planets orbiting distant stars are being made every month due to a recently developed technique for observing changes in radiated light from those stars. Planets orbiting the stars cause minute fluctuations in the light radiation as they pass between the star and us. Doing repeated observations over long periods of time, astronomers can detect those changes and calculate the presence of other planets way out there.

Beyond our Galaxy there are thousands and thousands of other glaaxies which also contain just billions of stars in each one of them. And, each of those stars could have planets and associated moons orbiting around them. So there is no way to state what you have said and be correct without being a lot more definitive about what you mean.

Answer 3

if you going on with what it can support, and its unique figure than you are right. earth is unique and that it has abundant liquid water at its surface, an oxygen-rich atmosphere, and is known to be so far the only planet to support life, if that what you meaning youre right. because the four gas giants that are beyond the asteroid belt (jupiter, saturn,uranus and neptune)are all nearly the same, they each have a core composed of rock and ice, this is then surrounded by a liquid or semi-solid mantle containing hydrogen and helium, or in the case of uranus and neptune, a combination of methane, ammonia, and water ices.each has a deep,often stormy atmosphere composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. also each gas giant is orbited by a large number of moons, where as we have one unique moon. also all four gas giants have ring system made of grains of rock or ice. these rings may have been present since the planets formed, or they may be the fragmented remains of moons that were broken up by the gas giants powerful gravitational fields. if this is what you are saying then yes you are right and yes we are a unique planet

Answer 4

Well, if you exclude all the bigger planets, then of course Earth is the biggest one left. But you have no justification to exclude those other planets. The fact that they are "gas giants" is no excuse. Also, there is at least one planet orbiting another star that is 5 times more massive than Earth and it is not a gas giant.

Answer 5

This new dwarf planets have been all extremely on the brink of being a planet, because it now could be no longer. suited now the are 8. they are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. the main important merchandise interior the photograph voltaic device is Jupiter, being observed via Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Mars, and Mercury in that order. The dwarf planets are all after Mercury as their best-to-smallest order is Eris, Pluto, Makemake, EL61, Sedna, Orcus, Quaoar, and ultimately Varuna. so they have not stumbled on any new planets, yet 7 dwarf planets.

Answer 6

Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune are planets just as Earth is. Jupiter is by far the largest planet in our solar system, astronomers don't know how big the largest planet in our galaxy is.

Answer 7

Nope but It is the largest non-gas planet in the solar system.

Answer 8

What kind of question is this? out of all the inner planets yes. Venus a close second then mars then read a book.

Answer 9

Earth is the largest terrestrial planet in our solar system but there may be larger terrestrial planets in other solar systems.

Answer 10

Not necessarily. There are quite a few exoplanets that are known to be more massive than Earth, and it's possible that not all of them are gas giants.