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Planet Facts Hunt – answer key
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planets.html
Planet Descriptions
Name of Planet
The coldest planet
The smallest planet
It sometimes changes orbits with Neptune.
Pluto
Perfect for people
Has oceans and land
Atmosphere is just right for kids
Earth
Has a large, red spot thought to be a hurricane
Is an outer planet
Is so large that all the other planets could fit
inside it
Jupiter
Rotates on its side
Has a blue-green color
Has 11 known rings
Uranus
Has ice caps on its poles
Iron in its soil gives it a red color
Its moons are Phobos and Deimos
Mars
Named after the messenger of the gods
Can be seen from Earth early in the morning or
late in the evening
Only the planet Pluto is smaller
Mercury
This planet is very much like Uranus.
It has two thick and two thin rings that surround
it.
One of its moons is named Triton.
Neptune
Closest planet to Earth
Rotates in the opposite direction from the other
planets
Covered with clouds
Venus
Large gas planet
Surrounded by over 1000 rings made of ice and
dust
Has at least 30 moons
Saturn
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