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Planets
By Christian Bennett
Mercury
• The smallest planet
• Closest to the sun
• It takes 116 days to orbit around the sun
• At night its -208 degrees, and at day time it is 800
degrees
• Its axis has the smallest tilt than other planets
• Does not experience seasons the same way than
other planets
• Takes exactly 3 times for 2 revolution
• Inner Planet
Venus
• Venus is the second planet from the Sun,
orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.
• The planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and
beauty.
• Radius: 3,760 miles (6,052 km)
• Length of day: 116d 18h 0m
• Surface area: 177.7 million sq miles (460.2 million km²)
• Mass: 4.867E24 kg (0.815 Earth mass)
• Distance from Sun: 67,240,000 miles (108,200,000 km)
• Orbits: Sun
• Inner Planet
Earth
• Earth is the third planet from the Sun,
and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight
planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar
System's four terrestrial planets.
• It is sometimes referred to as the world or the Blue Planet.
• Radius: 3,959 miles (6,371 km)
• Age: 4.54 billion years
• Mass: 5.972E24 kg
• Surface area: 196.9 million sq miles (510.1 million km²)
• Population: 7.046 billion
• Moon: Moon
• Inner Planet
Mars
• Mars is the fourth planet from the
Sun and the second smallest planet
in the Solar System.
• Named after the Roman god of war, it is
often described as the "Red Planet"
because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish
appearance.
• Gravity: 3.711 m/s²
• Radius: 2,106 miles (3,390 km)
• Mass: 639E21 kg (0.107 Earth mass)
• Surface area: 55.91 million sq miles (144.8 million km²)
• Length of day: 1d 0h 40m
• Moons: Phobos, Deimos
• Inner Planet
Jupiter
• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the
Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth of that of the
Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the
Solar System combined.
• Radius: 43,441 miles (69,911 km)
• Mass: 1.898E27 kg (317.8 Earth mass)
• Surface area: 23.71 billion sq miles (61.42 billion km²)
• Gravity: 24.79 m/s²
• Orbits: Sun
• Moons: Europa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Metis, Elara,
Thebe, Ananke, Kale, Leda, Carme, Adrastea, Himalia, Arche, Sinope,
Aitne, Carpo, Pasiphae, Iocaste, Lysithea, Helike, Sponde, Kore, Herse,
Euporie, Thyone, Themisto, Cyllene, Mneme, Isonoe, Hegemone,
Aoede, Kalyke, Callirrhoe, Pasithee, Hermippe, Taygete, Harpalyke,
Praxidike, Chaldene, Thelxinoe, Orthosie, Autonoe, Megaclite,
Erinome, Eurydome, Eukelade, Euanthe
Saturn
• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet
in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Named after the Roman god of
agriculture, Saturn, its astronomical symbol represents the god's
sickle.
• Radius: 36,184 miles (58,232 km)
• Mass: 568.3E24 kg (95.16 Earth mass)
• Surface area: 16.49 billion sq miles (42.7 billion km²)
• Distance from Sun: 890,700,000 miles (1,433,000,000 km)
• Orbits: Sun
• Moons: Titan, Enceladus, Mimas, Iapetus, Dione, Rhea, Tethys,
Hyperion, Pandora, Phoebe, Prometheus, Atlas, Janus, Epimetheus,
Kari, Calypso, Helene, Methone, Pan, Hati, Skoll, Polydeuces, Narvi,
Ymir, Telesto, Loge, Anthe, Fenrir, Surtur, Daphnis, Pallene, Aegir,
Tarvos, Ijiraq, Greip, Skathi, Thrymr, Siarnaq, Farbauti, Albiorix,
Jarnsaxa, Fornjot, Tarqeq, Bestla, Hyrrokkin, Bergelmir, Kiviuq,
Bebhionn, Mundilfari, Paaliaq, …
Uranus
• Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the
third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest
planetary mass in the Solar System.
• Radius: 15,759 miles (25,362 km)
• Mass: 86.81E24 kg (14.54 Earth mass)
• Surface area: 3.121 billion sq miles (8.083 billion km²)
• Moons: Miranda, Titania, Ariel, Oberon, Umbriel, Puck,
Cupid, Stephano, Desdemona, Margaret, Bianca,
Rosalind, Juliet, Ophelia, Belinda, Mab, Cordelia,
Caliban, Portia, Prospero, Sycorax, Cressida, Perdita,
Setebos, Trinculo, Ferdinand, Francisco
Neptune
• Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in
the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter
and the third-largest by mass. Among the gaseous planets in
the solar system, Neptune is the most dense.
• Radius: 15,299 miles (24,622 km)
• Mass: 102.4E24 kg (17.15 Earth mass)
• Surface area: 2.941 billion sq miles (7.618 billion km²)
• Distance from Sun: 2,798,000,000 miles (4,503,000,000 km)
• Moons: Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Proteus, Larissa, Galatea,
Thalassa, Despina, Sao, Neso, Halimede, Psamathe,
Laomedeia