Information About the Planets
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Information About the Planets
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Mercury Closest to the Sun Only 88 days to
orbit Many craters Temperature
extremes◦ 400C during day, -
180 at night Basically no
atmosphere
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Venus Earth’s sister planet Morning and evening
star Thick atmosphere of
CO2 and Sulfur Longer day than year Spins opposite than
other planets Over 500C all the
time
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Earth Home sweet home Only planet with
sustained life Hydrosphere
(water) Atmosphere made
up of N, O, CO2 Comfy temps
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Mars Frozen polar CO2
caps Smaller than Earth Slightly longer day
and year Very cold Largest mountain in
solar system◦ Olympus Mons
Thin atmosphere
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Jupiter Could hold 1300 Earths Almost big enough to
be a star 12 EY = 1 Jovian year 1 Jovian day = 12 EH Huge storms
◦ Great red spot “hurricane” larger than Earth
Some moons may have water
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Saturn 29 years to orbit Large rings made
of ice and dust 10 hour day Possibly still
forming Tilts itself
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Uranus Blue in color due to
methane gas 84 years to orbit Rotates sideways Very cold
◦ -250C
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Neptune Methane
atomosphere 164 years to orbit -250c temps 30 times farther
from the sun than Earth