Solar SystemSolar System

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Solar System Solar System

MercuryMercuryMercury is the closest planet to the sun.Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It takes 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.It takes 88 Earth days to orbit the sun. It takes a day and a half to make one year.It takes a day and a half to make one year.Mercury has no atmosphere.Mercury has no atmosphere.Mercury is a Terrestrial planet.Mercury is a Terrestrial planet.

VenusVenus

It is covered with thick clouds of that It is covered with thick clouds of that makes a greenhouse affect that makes it makes a greenhouse affect that makes it very hot.very hot.

It has no moons!It has no moons!The rotation around the sun is 225 earth The rotation around the sun is 225 earth

days.days.Venus is a terrestrial planet.Venus is a terrestrial planet.

EarthEarth

One year is 365 earth days.One year is 365 earth days.Only planet that has life as we know it.Only planet that has life as we know it.Every 2 years the sun, earth and mars line Every 2 years the sun, earth and mars line

up witch is called a opposition.up witch is called a opposition.Earth is a terrestrial planet.Earth is a terrestrial planet.

MarsMars

The rotation around the sun takes 24 The rotation around the sun takes 24 hours and 37 minutes.hours and 37 minutes.

It is named after the god of war of ancient It is named after the god of war of ancient Romans.Romans.

It is the 4It is the 4thth closets planet to the sun. closets planet to the sun.Mars is a terrestrial planet.Mars is a terrestrial planet.

JupiterJupiter

It is the biggest planet in our solar system.It is the biggest planet in our solar system. It takes 12 years to orbit the sun once.It takes 12 years to orbit the sun once. It takes 10 hours for one rotation.It takes 10 hours for one rotation.Jupiter is a gas planet.Jupiter is a gas planet.

SaturnSaturn

It is the second largest planet in our solar It is the second largest planet in our solar system.system.

Named after a Roman god.Named after a Roman god. Its temperature is -178 degrees c.Its temperature is -178 degrees c.Saturn is a gas planet.Saturn is a gas planet.

UranusUranus

It takes 84 years to orbit the sun once.It takes 84 years to orbit the sun once. 4 seasons last 20 years!4 seasons last 20 years! It orbits on its side.It orbits on its side. It has fainted rings. It has fainted rings. Uranus is a gas planet.Uranus is a gas planet.

NeptuneNeptune

It is also know as the blue giant.It is also know as the blue giant. It atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and It atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and

helium.helium.Neptune was the god of the sea.Neptune was the god of the sea.Neptune is a gas planet. Neptune is a gas planet.

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GlossaryGlossary

Terrestrial planets-Terrestrial planets- the name often given the name often given to the four inner planets. to the four inner planets.

Gas planets- Gas planets- the name often given to the the name often given to the outer planets. outer planets.

Orbit- Orbit- the path of an object as it revolves the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.around another object in space.

Revolution- Revolution- the movement of an object the movement of an object around another object.around another object.

Glossary Rotation- the spinning motion of a planet on its axis. Axis- an imaginary line that passes through earth center. Greenhouse- the process by which heat is trapped in the

atmosphere by water vapor. Asteroid belt- the region of the solar system between the

orbits of mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are found.

Asteroid- rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets.

Atmosphere- the envelope of gasses that surrounds earth or other planets.