Download Planets of the Solar System

Hilari Hopson
 There
are eight major planets in the solar
system, all with their own unique
features.
 This power point will explain how each of
these planets differ.
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Mercury is the innermost and
smallest planet of the solar
system
It’s diameter is 4879.4 km
It’s temperature ranges from 173° C to 427° C
The atmosphere consists of
some hydrogen, helium, and
oxygen
There is no wind, no rings,
and no moons on mercury
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It’s average distance from the
sun is 57,910,000 km
Mercury’s rotation lasts 58
Days, 15.5 Hours
It has an iron core, and a
silicate surface
Mercury has a slight magnetic
field
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Venus is the second planet from the sun
It is the hottest and brightest planet
It’s diameter is 12,104 km
The temperature ranges from -45° C to 464° C
It’s atmosphere consists of nitrogen and 97% carbon
dioxide
Venus has no moons and no rings
It’s distance from the sun is 108,200,000 km
It’s retrograde rotation lasts 243 Days, 0.5 Hours
Like Mercury, Venus has an iron core and a silicate
surface
 Earth is the third planet from the sun
 It’s 4.6 billion years old and the fifth largest
planet in our solar system
 Earth has an average diameter of 12,742
kilometers.
 It’s average temperature is between 5000
and 7000 degrees C.
 The Earth is made mostly of iron, oxygen,
silicon, magnesium, nickel and sulfur
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Mars is the fourth planet
from the sun
Diameter is 6794.4 km
Temperature ranges from
-140° C to 20° C
Mars has a very thin
atmosphere, made
mostly of carbon Dioxide
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Mars has large canyons,
volcanoes, dust storms,
sand dunes, polar ice
caps and other features
similar to those found on
Earth.
It has two moons and
winds up to 100 km/hr
It’s 227,940,000 km from
the sun
Mars is composed of Iron
Oxides and Silicates
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Unlike the rocky planets,
Jupiter is a ball of dense
hydrogen, helium, water,
nitrogen and other gases
over a tiny rocky core.
It’s diameter is 142,984
km
It’s temperature ranges
from -163° C to >-121° C
Jupiter's atmosphere is
made up of Hydrogen,
Helium, Methane
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It has winds up to150 m/s
and over sixty moons
The average distance
from the sun is
778,330,000 km and it’s
rotation only takes 9.925
hours
Jupiter has three rings
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Saturn’s diameter is 120,536 km
It’s temperature ranges from -191° C to >-130° C
Like Jupiter, Saturn’s atmosphere is made up of
hydrogen, helium, and methane
There are winds up to Up to 400 m/s and a total of 31
moons
Saturn has rings and is composed of hydrogen and
helium
It has an extremely strong magnetic field
 Being
the seventh planet from the sun, the
icy planet Uranus is a smaller version of
Jupiter
 Uranus takes about 84 years to orbit the sun
while rotating on its side
 The faint bluish color of the planet is
because the methane gas in the atmosphere
absorbs red light and reflects blue light.
 It’s diameter is 51,118 km
 Uranus has sixteen moons and is
2,870,990,000 km away from the sun
 Neptune
is the eighth and farthest planet from
the sun
 Its diameter is 49,572 km
 Its temperature ranges from -223° C to >-220° C
 It has rings and thirteen known moons
 Neptune’s magnetic field is up to 20 times its
radius
 Neptune is one of the solar
system's gas giants
 Our
Solar System is a mysterious,
beautiful thing.
 The eight planets in our Solar System are
all different and have their own story to
tell.
 I hope one day we will be able to travel
to these other planets and find new
incredible facts about our Solar System.