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Which planet is mostly made of gases and ice, but has rocky and metallic materials in its core?
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Which planet is mostly made of gases and ice, but has rocky and metallic materials in its core?

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Uranus has an icy layer over its solid rock core, and covered with a gaseous atmosphere. Neptune has a water-ammonia ocean for a mantle overlying its rocky core. The metallic hydrogen layers in Jupiter and Saturn conduct electricity.
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