Solar System

By: Kendra Campbell

Mercury

• Size compared to the Earth: – Earth: 7,926 miles– Mercury: 3,032 miles

• Ratio: 2.54:1• Diameter:

– 3,032 miles

• Distance from Sun:– 36,000,000 miles

• Fun Fact:– Mercury is the closest

planet to the Sun.

Venus

• Distance from Sun:– 67.2 million miles

• Diameter: – 7, 521 miles

• Size compared to Earth:– Earth: 7,926 miles– Venus: 7, 521 miles

• Ratio: 1.05 : 1 • Fun Fact:

– Venus is often called Earth’s twin.

Earth

• Distance from Sun:– 92.9 million miles

• Diameter: – 7, 926 miles

• Size compared to the Earth: – 92.9 million miles

• Fun Fact: The Earth is the third planet from the Sun.

Mars

• Distance from Sun:– 155 miles away

• Diameter: – 4,218 miles

• Size compared to Earth:– Earth: 7,926 miles– Mars: 4,218 miles

• Fun Fact: – Strong winds can whip up

dust storms that cover the whole planet

Moons in Our Solar System

Planets MoonsMercury 0

Venus 0

Earth 1

Mars 2

Jupiter 63

Saturn 60

Uranus 27

Neptune 13

Planet Temperature

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Where are we?

• Milky WayGalaxy• The Sun• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Solar System

• EarthPlanet

Where are we?

•North AmericaContinent

•United StatesCountry•GeorgiaState•AthensCity

Click here to see a multimedia tour of the Solar System.

Credits

• Fact Monster• Science Net Planet Size• www.nineplanets.org• http://video.google.com/videosearch?

q=earth+from+space&emb=0&aq=0&oq=Earth+from+#