Transcript Planetary Chart

Planetary Chart
Planet
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Inner Planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
*Pluto
AU
Mass
Type
Atmosphere
Moons
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0.39 AU
6% of Earth’s Mass
Mercury is an inner planet (terrestrial)
No atmosphere, which causes extremely
high day temperatures and extremely low
night temperatures
• No moons
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• 0.72 AU
•82% of Earth’s Mass
•Venus is an inner planet, sometimes called Earth’s
sister planet
•Atmosphere is very dense, mostly carbon dioxide
making temperatures and surface very hot
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•No moons
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1 AU
Mass = 6 x 1024 kg
Earth is an inner planet
Atmosphere that supports life
1 moon
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•1.5 AU
•11% of Earth’s Mass
•Mars is an inner planet
•Thin atmosphere that causes weathering and
erosion, no liquid water on the surface of Mars
•2 tiny moons
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• TERRESTRIAL/INNER PLANETS
- closest to the sun
- rocky crusts and dense mantles and cores
- atmospheres formed from gases that poured out of
volcanoes (atmosphere can make a surface warmer and
more uniform in temperature)
- four types of processes that shape planets’ surfaces
(tectonics, volcanism, weathering and erosion, impact
cratering)
- asteroids are also located in the inner solar system
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5.2 AU
318 Earth masses
Jupiter is Gas Giant (outer planet)
Fast winds and stormy weather, largest
storm Great Red Spot
• 61 moons
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9.5 AU
95 Earth masses
Saturn is a Gas Giant (outer planet)
First planet known to have rings, use rings
to see planet’s seasons
• 31 moons
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19 AU
15 Earth masses
Uranus is a Gas Giant (outer planet)
Seems to spin on its side, due to the axis of
rotation being almost in the plane of its
orbit
• 20 moons
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30 AU
17 Earth masses
Neptune is a Gas Giant (outer planet)
Deep blue shade comes from methane gas
in the atmosphere
• 11 moons
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