Mercury the Sun Assyrian astronomers 1400 BC Roman god of ... · planet from the Sun Babylonian...
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Planetary Fact Cards Science | Year 5 | Earth and Space | The Planets | Lesson 2 Mercury 1 st planet from the Sun Assyrian astronomers Roman god of messengers Grey 0 1400 BC -173°C (out of sunlight) to 420°C (in sunlight) Iron and rock 88 There are wrinkles on the surface which are called Lobate Scarps. 46-70 million km from the Sun Venus 2 nd planet from the Sun Babylonian astronomers Roman goddess of love Clouds of sulphuric acid make it look a burnt yellow colour. 0 1700 BC 462°C Rock 243 Venus rotates the opposite way to the Earth (anti-clockwise). 108.2 million km from the Sun
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Planetary Fact Cards
Science | Year 5 | Earth and Space | The Planets | Lesson 2
Mercury
1st
plan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Assy
rian
astr
onom
ers
Roman
god
of
mes
seng
ers
Grey
01400
BC
-173
°C (ou
t of
sun
light
) to
420
°C (in
sunlight
)
Iron
and
roc
k
88 Ther
e ar
e wrin
kles
on
the
surf
ace
which
are
called
Loba
te S
carp
s.
46-7
0 million
km f
rom
the
Sun
Venu
s2n
dplan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Baby
lonian
ast
rono
mer
s
Roman
god
dess
of
love
Clou
ds o
f su
lphu
ric a
cid m
ake
it lo
ok a
bu
rnt
yellow colou
r.
01700
BC
462°
C
Rock
243
Venu
s ro
tate
s th
e op
posite
way
to
the
Eart
h (ant
i-clo
ckwise).
108.2
million
km f
rom
the
Sun
Science | Year 5 | Earth and Space | The Planets | Lesson 2
Mars
4th
plan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Egyp
tian
ast
rono
mer
s
Roman
god
of
war
Red
2; P
hobo
s an
d De
imos
2000
BC
-87°
C to
-5°
C
Rock
(ba
salt)
687
Mars
has
the
larg
est
volca
no in
the
so
lar sy
stem
. Olym
pus
Mons
is
227.9
million
km f
rom
the
Sun
600
km w
ide
and
21 k
m t
all!
Earth
3rd
plan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Blue
, gr
een, w
hite
1-88°
C to
58°
C
Rock
and
met
al
365.25
The
Eart
h is t
he o
nly
know
n plan
et
that
sup
port
s life. I
n or
der fo
r th
is
It’s n
ot! Ea
rth
is t
he o
nly
plan
et
not
named
aft
er a
Rom
an o
r Gr
eek
149.5
million
km f
rom
to h
appe
n, a
plane
t ne
eds
to b
e in t
he ‘Go
ldilock
s zo
ne’;
which
the
Ear
th is
!
the
Sun
God. T
he w
ord
Eart
h co
mes
fro
m b
oth
English
and
Germ
an
wor
ds, 'eor
(th)e/
erth
a' a
nd 'e
rde', which
mea
n ‘gro
und’.
Science | Year 5 | Earth and Space | The Planets | Lesson 2
Jupit
er5t
hplan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Baby
lonian
ast
rono
mer
s
King
of
the
Roman
god
s
White, o
rang
e, red
, br
own
and
yellow
67; inclu
ding
Io, E
urop
a an
d Ca
llisto
800-
700
BC
-87°
C to
-5°
C
Gas
(mainly
hydr
ogen
and
helium)
4333
Days
are
sho
rter
in J
upiter
– it
tak
es
9 ho
urs
and
55 m
inut
es t
o tu
rn o
n
778.5
million
km f
rom
the
Sun
its
axis w
hile it
tak
es E
arth
24
hour
s.
Satu
rn6t
hplan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Assy
rian
astr
onom
ers
Roman
god
of
man
y th
ings
inclu
ding
time
and
wea
lth
Most
ly y
ellowish
brow
n
62; inclu
ding
Titan
, Rh
ea a
nd E
ncelad
us
800
BC
-139
°C
Gas
(mainly
hydr
ogen
and
helium)
1075
6
Satu
rn’s rings
are
mad
e up
of
ice a
nd
rock
s. T
he e
xact
num
ber of
rings
is
1.43
3 billio
n km
fro
m
still
deba
ted
and
ther
e is n
o firm
ans
wer
yet
!
the
Sun
Science | Year 5 | Earth and Space | The Planets | Lesson 2
Nept
une
8th
plan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Urba
in L
e Ve
rrier an
d Jo
hann
Galle
Roman
god
of
the
seas
Blue
14; inclu
ding
Trit
on
Sept
embe
r 23
rd, 18
46
-201
°C
Gas
(mainly
hydr
ogen
and
helium)
6019
0
The
Grea
t Da
rk S
pot
was
the
nam
e of
st
orm o
n Ne
ptun
e –
it la
sted
5 y
ears
!
4.50
3 billio
n km
fro
m
the
Sun
Uran
us7t
hplan
et f
rom
th
e Su
n
Willia
m H
ersc
hel
Gree
k go
d of
the
sky
blue
-gre
en
27; inclu
ding
Obe
ron
and
Tita
nia
March
31st,178
1
-197
°C
Ices
(like
wat
er, am
mon
ia a
nd m
etha
ne)
3068
7
Uran
us is
tilted
98°
so
it rot
ates
in
the
oppo
site
dire
ction
to t
he o
ther
plan
ets
in t
he s
olar
sys
tem.
2.87
7 billio
n km
fro
m
the
Sun
