THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

BY Sara Larson

MERCURY

Diameter is: 4,878 km Distance from Sun: 57,900,000 km Average Temperature: 179 degrees C Length of its day: 58 Earth Days Length of its year: 88 Earth days Mercury has NO moons or rings

VENUS Diameter is: 12,102 km Distance from Sun: 108,200,000 km Average Temperature: 464 degrees C Length of its day: 243 Earth days Length of its year: 225 Earth days Venus has NO moons or rings

EARTH Diameter is: 12,756 km Distance from Sun: 149,600,000 km Average Temp: -55 to 70 degrees C Length of its day: 23.93 hours Length of its year: 365.25 The Earth has only 1 moon The Earth has NO rings

MARS Diameter is: 6,792 km Distance from Sun: 228,000,000 km Average temperature: -55 degrees C Length of its day: 24.62 hours Length of its year: 687 Earth days Mars has 2 moons and NO rings

JUPITER Diameter is: 142,980 km Distance from Sun: 778,400,000 km Average temperature: -108 degrees C Length of its day: 9.92 Hours Length of its year: 11.86 Earth years Jupiter has 39+ moons Jupiter has rings around itself

SATURN Diameter is: 120,536 km Distance from Sun: 1.4 billion km Average temperature: -185 degrees C Length of its day: 10.66 hours Length of its year: 29.46 Earth years Saturn has 30+ moons Saturn has rings around itself

URANUS Diameter is: 51,118 km Distance from Sun: 2.9 billion km Average temperature: -200 degrees C Length of its day: 17.24 hours Length of its year: 84.01 Earth years Uranus has 20 moons Uranus has rings around itself

NEPTUNE Diameter is: 49,528 km Distance from Sun: 4.5 billion km Average temperature: -225 degrees C Length of its day: 16.11 hours Length of its year: 164 Earth years Neptune has 8 moons Neptune has rings around itself

PLUTO Diameter is: 2,340 km Distance from Sun: 5.9 billion km Average temperature: -230 degrees C Length of its day: 6.39 Earth days Length of its year: 248 Earth years Pluto has 3 moons Pluto has NO rings around itself