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How do the densities of the jovian and terrestrial planets compare?

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The jovian density is
1.33~g/cm^3, while the density of terrestrial planets is much higher. For instance, the earth's density is
5.51~g/cm^3. The reason of this difference is in the different chemical composition: while jupiter is made of gas (mainly hydrogen), with lower density, while the terrestrial planets are made of solid and liquid, with compounds of higher density.