OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

By: John Yentzer And Corey Bollinger

Mercury

1. Distance From Sun-57,910,000 km (0.38 AU) 2. 1 Mercury Year equals 58.7 Earth Days3. Mercury is about 3,031 miles in diameter4. A 100 pound person would weigh 38 pounds5. The surface gravity is about 38% of Earth’s6. Since the atmosphere is so thin the sky would be black even

during the day.7. Mercury has no moon8. Mercury is named after the Greek Messenger of the gods.9. Its temperatures vary from -270*F to 800*F10. Mercury is so close to the sun that it can only be seen during

sunrise or sunset

Venus

1. Venus is 67,230,000 miles or 0.72 AU2. Venus is 7,521 miles in diameter3. Venus has no moons

Earth

1. Only planet in solar system know to support life2. Earth Is 93,000,000 miles or 1 AU From the Sun3. Earth has 1 Moon4. 1 Day Is 23 Hours and 56 Minutes5. The Orbit Period of the Earth 365.24 days6. The Earth is the 5th Largest Planet7. Three quarters of Earth is covered by water8. The temperature on Earth ranges from between -127°F to 136°F9. The Earth's mass is about 5.98 x 1024 kg. 10. The Earth is about 7,926 miles (12,756 km) in diameter

Mars

1. Mars has the solar systems largest volcanic Olympus Mons.

2. Mars is the forth planet from the sun3. Mars is about 4,222 miles in diameter.4. A 100-pound person on Mars would weigh

38 pounds5. Mars is 1/9th of the mass of the Earth6. Mars has 2 tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos7. Mars is about ½ the size of the earth

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

Works Cited

http://nineplanets.org/mercury.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/

astronomy/planets/mercury/ Science textbook