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• 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)
• Surface area: 177.7
million sq miles (460.2
million km²)
• Distance from Sun:
67,240,000 miles
(108,200,000 km)
• Length of day: 116d 18h
0m
• Mass: 4.867E24 kg
(0.815 Earth mass).
• Gravity: 8.87 m/s²
Venus
Mercury
The
Inner
Planets
• Mercury is the smallest and
closest to the Sun of the eight
planets in the Solar System, with
an orbital period of about 88 Earth
days. Wikipedia
• Radius: 1,516 miles (2,440 km)
• Distance from Sun: 35,980,000
miles (57,910,000 km)
• Density: 5.43 g/cm³
• Surface area: 28.88 million sq
miles (74.8 million km²).
• Length of day: 58d 15h 30m
• Mass: 328.5E21 kg (0.055 Earth
mass)
Fun Facts
• The inner planets (also
known as terrestrial planets)
are smaller and made mostly
of rock and metal.
• For thousands of years
humans were unaware of the
Solar System and believed
that Earth was at the center
of the Universe.
• There is an asteroid belt
which lies between the orbits
or Mars and Jupiter, it
features a large number of
irregular shaped asteroids.
• Our solar system also
contains comets, moons,
dust, gas, and some minor
planets.
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• 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", as the iron oxide
prevalent on its surface gives it a
reddish appearance. Wikipedia
• Radius: 2,110 miles (3,396 km)
• Surface area: 55.91 million sq
miles (144.8 million km²)
• Distance from Sun: 141,600,000
miles (227,900,000 km)
• Gravity: 3.711 m/s²
• Length of day: 1d 0h 40m
• Moons: Phobos, Deimos
Mars
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
• Area: 196.9 million sq miles
(510.1 million km²)
• Distance from Sun:
92,960,000 miles
(149,600,000 km)
• Moon: Moon