Our Nine Planets

Our Nine Planets

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By: Lauren Kern

MenuMercury Venus Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Neptune

Uranus Pluto

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Mercury

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Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun!

The surface of Mercury is covered with craters and completely

dry. There is no possibility

of life on Mercury.

Mercury has

no moons.

Mercury orbits round the Sun, but its orbit of

the Sun lasts for only 88 days.

Mercury has no

atmosphere around it to

protect it from the Sun or to

retain any heat when it rotates on its

axis.

Venus

When Venus is west of the

Sun, she rises before the Sun in

the morning and is known

as the Morning

Star.

When she is east of the Sun, she

shines in the evening just after sunset

and is known as the

Evening Star.

Venus orbits

round the sun in 262

days.

Venus is the 2nd

planet from the sun.

Venus is covered by clouds of

water vapour and sulphuric

acid.

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Earth

It is the only planet that

has an atmosphere containing 21 percent

oxygen.

It is the only planet that has liquid

water on its surface and can support

life.

Earth has one large

satellite, the moon.

The Earth is the third planet from the Sun and comes between the planet Venus

and the planet Mars.

The Earth takes

365¼ days to

complete its orbit

round the Sun.


Mars

Mar is known as the Red

Planet because it’s

red tint. This is due to a

mineral called iron oxide that

is very common on the planet’s

surface.

Mars has both North and South polar ice

caps.

A typical year on Mars is 1 year and 320 days.

Olympus Mons on Mars is the

largest mountain in the solar system at more than 25

kilometers high (that’s three times higher than Mount Everest).

Mars is covered by craters from objects like

asteroids and meteorites hitting the planet.


Jupiter

Jupiter is the stormiest

planet in the Solar System.

There is a permanent, but ever-changing

whirlpool of storms, known

as Jupiter’s Great Red

Spot.

Jupiter is the fifth planet in order from the Sun

Jupiter is the giant of the Solar System, with a

mass more than 300 times the mass of

the Earth.

It takes Jupiter 11.9

of the Earth’s years to make its orbit round the Sun.

Jupiter is made of

hydrogen, helium,

methane and ammonia. The cloudy sphere

has bright belts on it

which change their shape.


Saturn


Jupiter is the stormiest

planet in the Solar System.

There is a permanent, but ever-changing

whirlpool of storms, known

as Jupiter’s Great Red

Spot.

Jupiter is the fifth planet in order from the Sun

Jupiter is the giant of the Solar System, with a

mass more than 300 times the mass of

the Earth.

It takes Jupiter 11.9

of the Earth’s years to make its orbit round the Sun.

Jupiter is made of

hydrogen, helium,

methane and ammonia. The cloudy sphere

has bright belts on it

which change their shape.

Uranus






surface.


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Neptune






surface.


caps.








Pluto






surface.


caps.

A typical year on Mars is 1 year and

320 days.







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