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FINAL EXAM
By Grant Harclerode 12/18/15
• Mercury is 26 million miles from the
sun
• The average temperature 332 degrees Fahrenheit
• Mercury has almost no atmosphere because it
is so small
• The diameter of mercury is 3,032 mi
• Mercury is hotter then earth in the
day and colder at night
• Venus is about 67,000,000 miles from the
sun
• The average temperature is 863.5 f
• The atmosphere is very co2 rich
• The diameter of Venus is 7,520.8 mi
• Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system
Earth
• Earth is 92.96 million mi from the sun
• The average temperature is 61 degrees Fahrenheit
• The atmosphere is made mostly of carbon,
oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen
• The diameter of Earth is 7,917.5 mi
• Earth is the only known planet that
has life
Mars is 141.6 million mi from the sun
Mars average temperature is -67 F
Mars atmosphere is weak and it doesn’t
protect it from the suns radiation
Mars diameter is 4,212 mi
It is thought that once mars had
life
Jupiter
Jupiter distance to the sun is 483.8
million mi
Jupiter's average temperature is -234
degrees Fahrenheit
Jupiter's atmosphere is made of mainly
hydrogen and helium
Jupiter’s diameter is 86,881.4 mi
Jupiter has a giant continuous storm on
its surface called the great red spot
Saturn is 890.7
million mi from
the sun
Saturn's average
temperature is 288 degrees
Fahrenheit
Saturn
atmosphere is
made of 75%
hydrogen
and 25% helium
Saturn's diameter
is 72,367.4 mi
The rings are
made of dust
Uranus is 1.787 billion mi
from the Sun
Uranus average
temperature is -357
Uranus atmosphere is made
of hydrogen and helium
Uranus diameter is 31,518 mi
Uranus is the coldest planet
NEPTUNE
Neptune is 2.795
billion mi from
the sun
Neptune's
average
temperature is 218 degrees
Celsius
Neptune's
atmosphere is
made primarily
of hydrogen and
helium
Neptune's
diameter is
30,599 mi
Neptune has a
larger mass then
Uranus even
though it is
smaller
• YouTube Video
• Neptune
• The Solar System is made of 8
different planets
• The planets are of differing sizes
and types
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Dec. 2015.
• "Neptune Facts - Interesting Facts about the Planet Neptune." Space Facts RSS. N.p., 01 Jan. 2012. Web.
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