Planets in our Solar System

An overview of the

Solar System

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Mercury

Mercury is solid and

is covered with

craters.

Mercury has almost

no atmosphere.

Mercury is the eighth

largest planet.

Venus

Venus is the sixth

largest planet. It’s

about three-fourths

the size of earth.

The surface is rocky

and very hot. The

atmosphere

completely hides the

surface and traps the

heat.

Earth

Earth is the fifth largest planet and the third from

the sun.

Liquid covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface.

The Earth has one moon.

Mars

Mars is the fourth

planet from the sun.

Mars has a thin

atmosphere that

contains mostly

carbon dioxide.

Mars has two small

moons.

Jupiter

The Great Red Spot,

a huge storm of

swirling gas that has

lasted for hundreds of

years.

Jupiter does not have

a solid surface. The

planet is a ball of

liquid surrounded by

gas.

Saturn

Saturn is the second largest planet and the sixth from the sun.

Saturn is made of materials that are lighter than water. If you could fit Saturn in a lake, it would float!

Uranus

Uranus is the third

largest planet and the

seventh from the sun.

Uranus is one of the

giant gas planets.

Uranus is blue-green

because of the

methane in its

atmosphere.

Neptune

Neptune is the fourth largest planet and the eight from the sun.

Because of the orbits, from 1979 to 1999, Neptune was the ninth planet.

Like Uranus, the methane gives Neptune its color.

Pluto

Is Pluto still a planet?

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Solar System

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