If your last name begins with A to Bi, your planet is Mercury, Bl to Cu, Venus; D to F, Earth; G to I, Mars; J to L, Jupiter; M to N, Saturn; O to Q, Uranus; R to Sl, Neptune; Sm to Z, Pluto. Solar System worksheet __________________________________ ________________________ Print your name Your planet Good information sources are: http://www.nineplanets.org/ and NASA websites How many km from the sun? __________________________________ ______________________ Diameter of planet in km? __________________________________________________________ Length of a “year” (in Earth days or years)? _____________________________________________ Length of a day? (in Earth hours) ______________________________________________________ Tilt of axis?________________________________________________________ ________________ Composition of planet? ______________________________________________________________ Composition of atmosphere? __________________________________________________________ Average temperature of planet’s surface in ̊F? ____________________________________________ How many moons? What is their origin? ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Does it have rings? _________________________________________________________________ Describe the basic history of exploration of your planet. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ What is an additional interesting fact about your planet? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________