FAMILY O

F THE SUN

SOLAR SYSTEM

MERCURY

PLANET NEAREST TO THE SUNINFORMATIONIts not surprising that mercury was named after the speedy messenger of gods . The planets travels at an incredible 48 kilometers per second

Mercury is the first of the nine planets in our

Solar system and the closest to the sun .

Because it seems to move very quickly across

The night sky , it was named after the wing

footed roman god speedy messenger of god .Mercury

is visible to the naked eye from earth .just before dawn

And just after sunset . Mercury is only slightly bigger

than earth’s moon .its entire surface airless though many

different gases surround the planet .mercury is also a place

of extreme temperatures .Its hottest temperature is 400

Degree celsius and its coldest is -175 degree celsius

MERCURY

VENUS

A MORNIN

G AND EVENING STAR

INFORMATIONSome scientists thinkThat an unusual positioning of the planets venus and jupiter may have been the bright star of bethlehem Reported at the time of jesus christ’s birth

venus Venus is the second planet from the sun . It

Named after the roman goddess of love and beauty

Perhaps because it shines so brightly sometimes in the

western sky as the “evening star” and other times in

the pre-dawn eastern sky at the ”morning star”

Although venus is the closest planet to the sun ,it is

Difficult to study because it is completely covered with

thick layers of clouds .venus’ dense cloud layers do not

Allow much sunlight to reach the planet’s surface...

EARTH

OUR LIV

ING PLANET

MARS

THE RED PLANET

INFORMATIONThe reason mars appears red is that the planets soil contains a lot of rusted iron

MARS THE RED PLANETMars is the fourth planet to the sun .it named

After the ancient roman god of war .Since the

Planet is red in colour .it is also called the Red planet

The first space craft to fly close to mars was mariner 4,in

1965 .In the 1970s two Viking spacecraft landed there

And July

KING O

F THE P

LANETS

JUPIT

ER

INFORMATIONJupiter has more than 50 known moons and has only on1 .But that seems fair because jupiter is 1,500 times bigger than earth

SATURN

THE RIN

GED PLANET

INFORMATIONSaturn is more than ten times the size of the earth . But the planet so light that it can float on an ocean of water

URANUS

INFORMATIONBetween uranus and saturn liesChiron ,an object First considered To be an asteriodThen reclassifiedAs a comet .Its Name reflects the confused identity :chiron was a centaur -A half man ,half horse in greek mythology.

NEPTUNE

INFORMATIONIt’s more than just a little chilly on neptune . The average temperature is -225 degree celsiusBy comparism antarctica .The coldest place on earth –has recorded a mere -90 degree celsius at its coldest

PLUTO

THE LONELY PLANET

INFORMATION WALT DISNEY’sDog characterPluto was named after the 9th planetPluto was the Dog first appeared in 1930, same year pluto was discovered