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Because you cannot condense O by
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itself (but only in compounds also
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containing Si, Mg, Fe), you don’t
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have much material available for
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making terrestrial planets. You are
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limited by the low abundance of Si,
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Mg, Fe: Terrestrial
planets are
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relatively small
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Once solid H2O becomes available
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you have lots more material
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Starting at Jupiter you can make a
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big enough core from solid H2O that
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you can gravitationally hold onto the
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H and He gas
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