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The Planets in Our Solar
System
By the end of this lesson:
•Students will be able to name the eight
planets in order from the closest to the
sun to the farthest away.
•Students will be able to tell at least two
facts about each planet.
What is the order of the
planets?
From closest to the Sun to farthest away from
the Sun, the planets go in this order:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Pluto is now considered
a dwarf planet.
Mercury
• Closest planet to the sun
•It takes less than 88 Earth days
for Mercury to orbit around the
sun one time.
•Has a diameter of 3,031 miles
•The ancient Romans named it
Mercury after the swift
messenger of their Gods.
•Mercury has no moons.
Venus
•Venus is the second planet from the
sun and it is the closest planet to
Earth.
•It is named after the Roman
Goddess of love and beauty.
•The diameter of Venus is about
7,520 miles (about 400 miles smaller
than that of Earth).
•It takes 224 days for Venus to orbit
around the sun.
•Has mountains that are higher than
Earth.
Earth
•The Earth travels through
space at 660,000 miles per
hour.
•The Earth weighs
6,588,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000 tons.
• The Earth is the third
planet from the sun.
Mars
•Mars is the only planet whose
surface can be seen in detail from
the Earth.
•It is reddish in color.
• Mars was named after the
bloody God of war of
the ancient Romans.
•Mars is the fourth closest planet
to the sun.
•The diameter of Mars is 4,200 miles
Jupiter
•Jupiter is the largest planet
in our Solar System.
•Named after the king of
the Roman Gods.
•Jupiter is the 5th closest
planet to our sun.
• It rotates faster than any
planet in the Solar System.
•It takes 12 Earth years for Jupiter
to orbit around the sun 1 time.
Saturn
•Saturn is the second largest planet.
•Saturn is known for its beautiful rings.
•Saturn's diameter at its equator is
74,600 miles (almost ten times that of
Earth).
• Named after the Roman God of
agriculture.
•It takes about 29.46 Earth years for
Saturn to orbit around the sun.
•Saturn's rings are made up of billions
of pieces of dust and rocks.
Uranus
•Uranus is the seventh planet
from the sun.
•It is named after the Greek
god of the sky.
•Uranus has a mass that is more than
14 times larger than Earth.
•Uranus is known as the sideways planet.
•It takes 30,685 Earth days for Uranus
to complete one orbit around the sun
Neptune
•Neptune is the farthest planet
from the sun.
•It's diameter is about
30,200 miles (almost 4
times the Earth's diameter).
•Neptune was named after
the Roman sea God.
•Neptune is the stormiest
planet. Some winds get up
to 1,240 miles per hour.
•Neptune is blue in color and has 8 moons.