According to the passage, each of the following statements comparing terrestrial planets with Jovian planets is true EXCEPT:
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Option 4: "Terrestrial planets travel in a different direction than Jovian planets do."
Explanation: This statement is incorrect as per the text, which states that all planets, including both terrestrial and Jovian, travel in the same direction under the Sun's gravitational force. Hence, this option is the correct answer to the question as it is the only false statement.
Option 1: "Terrestrial planets are closer to the Sun than Jovian planets."
Explanation: This statement is true according to the text, which states that terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are indeed closer to the Sun compared to the Jovian planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). Therefore, this option does not fit the question asking for the statement that is NOT true.
Option 2: "Terrestrial planets have smaller diameters than Jovian planets."
Explanation: This statement is also true as the text mentions that the largest terrestrial planet, Earth, has a diameter only one quarter that of the smallest Jovian planet, Neptune. Thus, this option is not the correct answer to the question.
Option 3: "Terrestrial planets have smaller masses than Jovian planets."
Explanation: This statement is accurate according to the text, which indicates that Earth's mass is only one seventeenth that of the Jovian planets. Therefore, this option does not satisfy the requirement of being the false statement.
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