Planets
By Grace
The Planets
SunMercuryVenusEarthMars Jupiter SaturnUranus Neptune
The Sun
Did you know
The sun is one of the billions of stars we have in our universe, the sun is Earth’s closest star.
Mercury Did you know That even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun it is not the hottest planet in the solar system.
Mercury’s moons
Mercury does not have any moons though years ago scientists working on cosmology/astronomy used to think that Mercury once used to have a moon.
Roman/Greek name:
Mercury is the roman messenger god for Zeus/Jupiter,
Mercury is also known as Hermes, god of luck in Greek.
Distance from sun:46 million km
Orbit of the sun: 88 Earth days
1 orbit/day : 59 Earth days
Facts:
• Mercury’s hot side is hot enough to melt metal but it’s cold side is cold enough to freeze you to death.
•Mercury has a diameter of 3031 miles across.
Venus Did you know
That Venus's atmosphere is made entirely out of carbon dioxide. This planet is slightly smaller than Earth.
Venus’s moons
Venus has no moons just like mercury the reason why they have no moons is because how close they are to the sun.
Roman/Greek name:
Venus is the roman goddess of love and beauty
Venus is also known as Aphrodite goddess of charm in Greek.
Distance from sun:108 million km
Orbit of the sun/year: 225 earth days
1 orbit/day: 243 days earth
Facts:
• Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. The air is very thick so that the atmosphere holds all the hot air in.
•Venus is the only planet named after a goddess.
EarthDid you know That Earths galaxy is the milky way.
Earth’s moon
Is also known as Luna see later on.
Roman/Greek name:
Earth’s roman is name is Terra
Earth is also known as Gaea in Greek.
Distance from sun: 150 million km
Orbit of the sun: 365 days
1orbit/day: 24 hours
Facts:
•We can only drink 1.3% of the water on Earth.
•Earth is the densest planet I the known solar system.
•This planet is around 4.6 million years old.
•Earth is the 5th largest planet that we know about .
•The earths diameter is 12,756 km
Mars Did you know
Mars though mars is red (a hot colour) , you would freeze to death and suffocate on this planet.
Mars’s moons
Mars has two moons Deimos which means terror\dread and Phobos which means panic\fear they were both discovered in 1877 by Asaph hall and they are actually lost asteroids.
Roman name:
Mars was the roman god of war and battle,
Mars was also known as Ares god of hatred in Greek.
Distance from sun:207 million km
Orbit of sun/year:687 Earth days
1orbit/day:24.68 hours
Facts:
•Mars’ diameter is 6,791 km.
•95.31% of mars’ atmosphere is carbon dioxide.
•Even though mars is freezing cold it has lava on it .
Jupiter Did you know
That the red spot on Jupiter is actually a massive storm.
Jupiter moons
Jupiter has at least sixty three known moons. The largest four are called Io, Europa, Ganymede
and Callisto.
Roman name:
Jupiter was the roman god of rain and Earth,
Jupiter is also known as Zeus god of storms in Greek.
Distance from the sun: 483.78 million km
Orbit of the sun/year:11.86 earth years
1 orbit/day: 9 hours 55 mins
Facts:
•You can fit 100 Earths in to Jupiter's red spot.
•Jupiter core is slightly bigger than earth but weighs about 20 times more.
•Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system.
•Over 1300 Earths could fit inside Jupiter.
Saturn Did you know
Saturn has 7 rings and are given names from the letters A-G.
Saturn’s moons
Saturn has 62 moons 53 are officially moons 9 have not been classified and scientists don’t know many of the moons names.
Roman name :
Saturn is the roman god of harvest,
Saturn is also known as Kronos god of time in Greek.
Distance from the sun: 1.43 billion km
Orbit of sun/year: 29.7 earth years
1 orbit/day: 10 hours 47 mins
Facts:
•Saturn is very light this planet is made up of hydrogen, helium and other light weight gases.
•Saturn has a very strong magnetic field.
•Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in the solar system.
•Saturn’s nickname is gas giant because all the gases it has inside.
Uranus Did you know
Uranus is pronounced
you rah noos
Uranus’s moons
Uranus has twenty-seven moons and here are the names of the largest five Oberon, Miranda, Titania, Ariel, Umbriel.
Roman name:
Uranus is the roman god of the sky.
Distance from the sun:2.871 billion km
Orbit of the sun/year: 84.3 earth years
1orbit/day: 17.9 Earth hours
Facts:
•Uranus was actually thought to be a star until properly classified in 1781
•This planet has a tilt of 97.7 degrees
•Each of the four seasons on Uranus last at least 20 years.
Neptune Did you know
That Neptune's atmosphere is made out of methane, hydrogen and helium.
Neptune's moons
Neptune has thirteen moons which were all found quite recently
Roman name:
Neptune is the roman god of the ocean and sky
Neptune is also known as Poseidon god of the sea
Distance from the sun: 4.5 billion km
Orbit of the sun/year: 165 earth years
1 Orbit/day: 16 hours 7 mins
Facts:
•Surprisingly the planet Neptune is four times the size of planet Earth
•Neptune suffers the most violent weather in our Solar System.
Facts about space
An Au An Au is an astronomical unit an Au is 150 million kilometres which is the distance between Earth and the sun.
Black holes A black holes is a hole in space that has its own gravitational pull even though they may look black on the outside they are the brightest things in the universe inside.
The Milky WayThe Milky Way is Earths galaxy it is also a chocolate bar. Galaxies are made up of bits of ice and rock and stars this is why galaxies are shining brightly tonight and from now onwards.
Planetary rings Saturn and Uranus both have planetary rings these rings are made from ice, rock many more ordinary space materials.
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Roman name
The moon’s roman name is Luna the goddess of all moons.
T H E M O O N
This is the ancient symbol for the moon.
The moon is Earth’s only natural satellite.
The Dwarf Planets
Our Moon
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