THE SOLAR SYSTEM

By Maria

It is the closest planet to the sun.

It’s a small planet.

There is no life because it is so hot.

On one side it is so hot it melts led.

On the other side of mercury it is

cold.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/

article/mercury

MERCURY

Venus is the same size as Earth.

It’s considered to be Earth’s

sister.

It’s atsmosphere is made of

carbon dioxide.

The volcanoes are 3 miles in

the atsmoshere.

Venus is red.

http://planetfacts.org

VENUS

Is the only planet with life on

it.

Earth is the same size as

Venus.

The Earth is around 4.6

billion years old.

Oceans cover over 70% of

the surface.

http://planetfacts.org

EARTH

Mars is known as the Red Planet.

Mars has 2 satellites named

Phobos and Deimos.

Mars is the god of war in Roman

mythology.

Mars is 35 million miles from

Earth.

Mars is covered by canyons and

valleys.

http://planetfacts.org

MARS

The large red spot on it is caused by a

storm that lasted over 300 years.

Jupiter has 63 moons or satellite's.

8 of the moons of Venus are regular

55 are irregular.

It’s the largest planet in the solar

system.

It’s mass is 318 times larger than

Earth.

http://planetfacts.org

bestanimations.com/Earth&Space/Planets

JUPITER

Has 62 known moons.

Is the god of Agriculture in

Roman mythology.

It’s the father of Jupiter.

Saturday is named after Saturn.

Its ring is made of water ,ice,

dust, chemicals, and rocks.

http://planetfacts.org

bestanimations.com/Earth&Space

/Planets

SATURN

Uranus has 3 unique rings.

Uranus has 27 moons.

Uranus is named after the Greek god

of the sky.

Uranus I the husband of Gaia , the

goddess of Earth.

It is the third largest planet in the

solar systems.

http://planetfacts.org

bestanimations.com/Earth&Space

/Planets

URANUS

In Roman mythology Neptune

is the god of the sea.

Neptune is the fourth largest

planet in the solar system.

Neptune has 19 moons.

Is the farthest planet from the

sun.

It is a gaseous planet.

http://planetfacts.org

NEPTUNE

It is called a dwarf planet.

It is too faint to be seen by the

naked eye.

Has 4 identified moons.

Smallest dwarf planet in solar

system.

Pluto’s orbit is elliptical.

http://planetfacts.org

PLUTO