Space

Filled with fun facts about the planets

By Janiyah

Earth

• It has a diameter of 7,926 miles.• It has 1 moon.• It’s weather can be snowy, rainy,

windy or big balls of hail.• It is the only planet known with life.

Mercury

• It has a diameter of 3,026 miles

• It has 0 moons• It’s weather can be hot and

dry with a temperature 801.• It is the closest planet to

the Sun

Venus

• It has a diameter of 7,565 miles.

• It has 0 moons.• It has a weather temperature

up to 896.• It is named after the godness

of love.

Mars

• It has a diameter of 4,246 miles.

• It has 2 moons.• It has a weather temperature

of -9.• It is a very dusty planet.

Jupiter

• It has a diameter of 89,200 miles.• It has more than 16 moons.• It has a weather temperature of -

302.• It is the fastest spinning planet,

with a day lasting only 10 Earth hours.

Saturn

• It has a diameter of 75,000 miles.• It has 22 moons.• It has a weather temperature of -356.• It had a storm that made it’s winds

reach 1,000 miles per hour.

Uranus

• It has a diameter of 31,760 miles.• It has 15 moons.• It has a weather temperature of -417.• A day on Uranus only lasts 17 Earth

hours.

Neptune

• It has a diameter of 30,700 miles.• It has 8 moons.• It has a weather temperature of -417.• It has 4 rings that are made of black

dust.

Pluto

• It has a diameter of 1,430 miles.• It has 1 moon.• It has a weather temperature of -446.• It was named after a 11 year-old girl

in Oxford, UK.