Download The Planets

What is a planet?
 A planet is a celestial body that orbits around
the sun
 What does celestial mean?
 Celestial simply means space
 What does orbit mean?
 Orbit means to travel
 So what does that mean?
 A planet is a large mass that is floating in space by
gravity and moves in a circle around the sun
What are the planets?
 There are eight planets in our Solar System:
 Mercury
 Venus
 Earth
 Mars
 Jupiter
 Saturn
 Uranus
 Neptune
Mercury
 Mercury is the closest planet to the sun (36
million miles from the sun)
 Eighth largest planet
 There are craters on the surface of Mercury
 Orbits around the sun in only 88 days
 Mercury rotates very slowly, one day in
Mercury is 58 Earth Days
 Has no moons
Venus
 Second Planet from the sun
(67,237,910 miles from the sun)
 Hottest and brightest of all planets
 Sometimes call morning star
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Same size as earth
Has craters and volcanoes on the surface
Takes about 225 days to orbit around the sun
Spins backwards
No moons or rings
Earth
 Third planet from the Sun
 Fifth largest planet
 Takes about 365 days (1 year) to orbit around
the Sun
 The surface of Earth is 70% water and plate
tectonics
 Earth has one Moon (click her for information
about the Moon)
Mars
 Fourth Planet from the Sun
 Called the Red Planet because of it’s red color
 A day on Mars is a little over 24 hours (only a
little longer than a day on Earth)
 A year on Mars is 687 days (almost double an
Earth year)
 Mars has two moons Phobos and Diemos
 There are craters, volcanoes, and dust storms
on Mars
Jupiter
 Fifth planet from the Sun
 Largest planet in the Solar System
 Takes 12 Earth years to orbit the Sun
 483,780,000 miles from the Sun
 Jupiter has 60 Moons
 Jupiter has rings
 Jupiter is made up of mostly gas unlike the
other planets
Saturn
 Sixth Planet from the Sun
 Second largest planet
 941,070,000 miles from the Sun
 Takes 29 Earth years to orbit the sun
 Has 31 moons
 Saturn has rings which are made up of
thousands of ice particles the size of a small
car
Uranus
 Seventh planet from the sun
 Icy planet (blue in color)
 Faint rings
 Rotates on its side (one pole is facing the Sun
so seasons on Uranus last 20 years)
 takes about 84 Earth years to orbit the Sun
 Has 16 moons
 178,486,000 miles from the Sun
Neptune
 Eighth planet in the solar system
 Blue in color with faint rings
 Made up of gas
 Has 13 moons
 Takes about 164 Earth years to orbit the Sun
 2,793,100,000 miles from the Sun
 The largest moon Triton orbits backwards
around Neptune
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Which planet is fourth from
the sun?
 1. Jupiter
 2. Venus
 3. Mars
 4. Earth
Which planet has 13 moons?
 1. Neptune
 2. Uranus
 3. Jupiter
 4. Earth
Which planet is closest to
the sun?
 1.Venus
 2. Mars
 3. Saturn
 4. Mercury
Which planet takes 12 Earth
Years to orbit the Sun?
 1. Venus
 2. Mercury
 3. Jupiter
 4. Mars
Which is the second largest
Planet?
 1. Venus
 2. Saturn
 3. Mars
 4. Uranus
Which Planet rotates on its
side?
 1. Jupiter
 2. Saturn
 3. Uranus
 4. Mercury
Which planet is the hottest
of all Planets?
 1. Mercury
 2. Neptune
 3. Uranus
 4. Venus
Which planet is the largest
planet in our Solar System?
 1. Saturn
 2. Earth
 3. Neptune
 4. Jupiter
Which planet is third from
the sun?
 1. Neptune
 2. Earth
 3. Uranus
 4. Mars
This is the only object in
Space Humans have visited
 1. Mars
 2. Earth’s Moon
 3. Venus
 4. Mercury
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