The Planets
Adam Caughhorn
Mary Felton
Melinda Michael
The Solar System
- The sun is a star.
- There are 8 planets.
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-Mercury -Venus
-Earth
-Mars
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-Jupiter
-Saturn
-Uranus -Neptune
- 4 Gaseous planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
• Neptune)
- Solar System is located in the galaxy, Milky Way.
- You can observe the Solar System with a telescope.
The Planet Song
Well the Sun's a hot star,
Mercury's hot, too.
Venus is the brightest planet,
Earth's home to me and you.
Mars is the red one,
And Jupiter's most wide.
Saturn's got those icy rings,
And Uranus spins on its side.
Neptune's really windy,
And Pluto's not one by law.
Well we wanted to name the planets,
And now we've named them all.
MERCURY
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First planet in solar system
36 million miles from the Sun
0 moons
Diameter=4,878 km
Avg. Temp. = 354 F
1 year= 87.96 Earth Days
Mercury is a Tan color
god= Messenger god
Smallest of all planets, possibly
because the heat from the Sun.
VENUS
•Second planet in solar system
•67.2 million miles from the Sun
•0 Moons
•Diameter=7,521 miles
•Avg. Temp.=847 F
•1 year = 225 Earth days
•Venus is a red-orange color, almost
Like fire.
•god= goddess of love and
Beauty
•Earth’s twin in the solar system, the two planets have
Approximately the same mass, density, diameter and
Rock composition.
EARTH
•Third planet in solar system
•93 million miles away from the Sun
•1 moon
•Diameter = 7,926 miles
•Avg. Temp. = 53 F
•1 year = 365 days
•Earth is a blue and green color
•god = god of life
•The Earth’s moon is smaller than the Earth
But large enough for most astronomers to
Consider the Earth and moon as a doublePlanet system.
Mars
-Fourth Planet from the sun, 141.6
million miles away from the sun
-It has 2 moons
-1 year is 686.98 Earth days
-The planet is 4,222 miles long
-The temperature is -189.67F-98.3F
-Mars has a striking red appearance
-Mars is the god of War
-It has the biggest mountain in the
solar system, Olympus
Jupiter
-Fifth planet from the sun, 507
million miles away from the sun
-It has 18 named moons
-1 year is 11.862 Earth years
-The planet is 88,729 miles long
-The temperature is -243.67F
-Jupiter is King of the gods, and
the god of sky and thunder
-It is heavier than all the other
planets put together
-It has a great red spot where a
storm moves counter-clockwise
Saturn
-Sixth planet from the sun, 890
million miles away from the
sun
-It has 46 known moons (as of
May 4th, 2005)
-1 year is 29.456 Earth years
-The planet 74,600 miles long
-The temperature is -301.27F
-Saturn is the god of agriculture
-Saturn appears pale yellow with
a hint of orange
-Saturn has 7 rings titled A-G
Uranus
- 7th planet from the sun (1.84
billion miles from the sun)
- 27 Moons (named after
Shakespearean characters)
- One year equals 84 Earth Years
- Uranus is 31,763 miles in
diameter.
- The temperature is -353
degrees F
- Uranus has huge storms and
has only been visited once
- A “twin” to Neptune
- Uranus is the god of the sky
- Aqua/ light blue color
- Spins on an angle of 98 degrees
Neptune
- 8th planet from the sun (2.8
billion miles away from sun)
- 13 Moons
- One year equals 165 Earth
years
- Neptune is the god of the
sea
- 30,775 miles in diameter
- The temperature is -373
degrees F
- Neptune is a windy planet
- Blue/greenish color
- Well known for the “Great
Dark Spot”