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First planet from the sun.
There are no moon on
Mercury.
There are no rings on Mercury.
There are 88 days in a year.
59 Earth days in a day.
The early Romans named Mercury after
the messenger of their gods because it
appeared to move more quickly through
the sky than did any of the other planets.
Not much was known about Mercury until
it was studied by a radar from Earth in the
1960.
Mercury’s density is 5.4 which means the
planet is 5.4 times heavier than an equal
amount of water.
The reason for Mercury’s density is its
enormous, heavy core of molten iron,
about 2,250 miles across.
Second planet from the
sun.
There are no moons.
There are no rings .
224.7 days in one
year.
243 Earth days is one
day.
☺The surface of Venus is incredibly hot as
much as 900° F day and night.
☺In 1980 , the pioneer Venus obiter space
craft bounced radio waves off the planet to
measure the heights of mountains and the
depths of vales to within a few hundred
feet.
☺About 70 percent of the surface of Venus is
a vast desert of rolling plains (light blue).
♦ Third planet from
the sun .
♦ One moon.
♦ No rings.
♦ 365.3 days in a
year.
♦ 24 hours in a day.
Earth’s atmosphere is
made of gases and bits of
dust and water.
Oceans cover nearly threequarters of Earth.
The night lights are called
aurora.
Earths magnetic field acts
like a shield.
Fourth planet from
the sun.
2 moons .
No rings.
687 days in a year.
24.5 hours in a day.
 Mars is sometimes called
the red planet because
iron oxide (rust) in the soil
makes it shine a reddish
or orange color.
 Two thousand years ago
the red color made the
Romans think of blood
and war so they named
Mars after their god of
war.
♠ Mars has
craters,
mountains,
volcanoes,
plains, and
valleys.
☼Fifth planet from
the sun.
☼At least 16 moons.
☼2 rings.
☼12 Earth years is
one year.
☼9.8 hours is one
day.
♫Jupiter is 480 million miles from
the sun.
♫Jupiter is the biggest planet in
the solar system.
♫1,300 Earths could fit in Jupiter.
♫Jupiter’s atmosphere is made
of hydrogen gas.
☻. Sixth planet
from the sun.
☻At least 17
moons.
☻29.5 Earth years
is one year.
☻10.7 hours is
one day
►It was named after the
Roman god of farming.
►Saturn is 890 million
miles from the sun.
►About 750 Earths could
fit inside Saturn.
►The rings are made of
ice.
o Seventh planet
from the sun.
o At least 15 moons.
o 10 rings.
o 84 Earth years is
one year.
o 17 hours in one
day.
It is about one and threequarter billion miles from
the sun.
Fifty Earths could fit
inside Uranus.
Uranus’s magnetic field is
closer to its equator than
its poles.
Uranus’s clouds are over
350°F.
☼Eighth planet
from the sun.
☼8 moons.
☼4 rings.
☼165 Earth years
is one year.
☼16 hours is one
day.
Neptune is 2.8 billion miles
from the sun.
Neptune is thirty thousand
miles across.
Forty two Earths could fit
in side Neptune.
Neptune has two dark
storm spots that resemble
Jupiter’s Great Red spot.