Planets

Good afternoon Highnesses

Queen Isadora Marmoreal of Orlandia (Teacher)

Planets

Sun 

• The Center of our solar system

• It is a star, not a planet.

• Surface temperature is 6000°C

• Photosphere is a mass of hot gas, radiating heat and light into space.

Mercury

• Planet closest to the Sun.

• Smallest Planet in our solar system.

• Lots of craters like the moon.

• Hot at day and cold at night.
  

• Temperature: -173 to 427°C

• No moons.

Venus

• Second planet in the solar system.

• Similar size to Earth.

• Rotates in the complete different direction.

• Hot and deadly - has a lot of volcanoes.

• Temperature: 462 °C

• Hottest planet in the solar system. 

• Has no moons

Earth

• third planet on the solar system.

• supports life with air, water, and land.

• consists of oceans, continents, athmosphere.

• temperature: -87 to 57 °C

• has one moon.

Mars

• fourth planet on our solar system.

• it is rocky, dusty, dry - red iron in soil.

• it has polar ice-caps like earth.

• temperature: -214 to -5 °C

• has two moons: Phobos and deimos.

• called the Red planet.

Jupiter

• called the giant planet

• largest planet in the solar system.

• has a red spot - giant spinning storm.

• temperature: -148 °C (very cold)

• has 49 moons

Saturn

• 2nd largest planet

• 7 flat rings made of ice, rocks, dust

• temperature: -178°C (very cold)

• has 52 moons = largest is Titan.

Uranus

• 7th planet from the sun.

• very cold and windy.

• temperature: -216°C (very very cold)

• has 27 moons = largest are Oberon and Tatiana.

Neptune

• 8th planet from the sun.

• windiest planet on the solar system.

• temperature: -214 °C

• made of ice

• has 13 moons = largest is Triton.

Terrestial Planets

Made out of Rocky planets. Also called the inner planets.

the four terrestial planets are:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

Gas Giants

Also known as the outer planets. These planets are much larger than the inner planets and are made primarily of gases and liquids.

The four gas giants are:
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

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