Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit around the Sun.

Mercury is the kind of planet that has extreme temperatures.

Mercury is a bare and rocky planet with deep craters.

67 million miles [108 million kilometers] away from the Sun.

Planet Venus has exactly no moons.

Venus is almost the same size as Earth.

Earth is the only planet that can support life.

Earth is one of the inner planets and is mostly blue and green.

Planet Earth takes 365 days to revolve around the sun.

Mars is a desert except for it’s ice caps at the North and South poles.

Mars has tall mountains and deep canyons.

Strong winds blow up the red dust.

Jupiter is a gas GIANT with a small rocky center in the middle.

It is BOILING HOT in the center of Jupiter.

Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun.

Like Jupiter , Saturn is a giant ball of gas with a rocky center.

Saturn is the 2nd largest planet.

Many beautiful rings orbit Saturn.

1 billion ,783 million miles [2 billion, 870 million kilometers] from the Sun.

Uranus’s rings are thin and dark.

Uranus looks a blue green color.

Neptune has at least 8 moons.

2 billion, 794 million miles [4 billion,497 million kilometers] from the Sun.

A year on Neptune is 165 Earth long!

3 billion, 666 million miles [5 billion 900 million kilometers] from the Sun.

Pluto is the smallest planet.

Pluto’s orbit travels around the sun in a different path than the other planets.