THE JOVIAN PLANETS

The Solar System displays a seemingly incomprehensible amount of diversity. However, on a closer look, we see many regularities and patterns in the Solar System. It is these regularities and patterns which hold the key to our understanding of the mechanics of the formation of the Solar System.

DYNAMICAL REGULARITIES

The principal dynamical regularities are:

There are also many regularities in the properties of the planets. The principal ones are:

Planetary Properties. I

Planetary Properties. II

There is a clear distinction between the Terrestrials, Jovians, and Icy Planets in terms of their

• distances from the Sun
• masses and radii
• interior compositions (densities)

For some nice pictures and gobs of useful information see, Voyager Mission to the Outer Planets