Is about 5 million km from the sun
Mercury
Takes 165 years to orbit the sun
Neptune
Is the only planet known to support life!
Earth
11 times larger than Earth.
Jupiter
Has one moon
Earth
Is about 228 million km from the sun
Mars
Appears red because of iron oxide, or rust, in its soil.
Mars
Has retrograde rotation – so the sun rises in the west and sets in the east!
Venus
Takes about 29 earth years to orbit the sun.
Saturn
Takes about two earth years to complete an orbit.
Mars
Most massive planet.
Jupiter
Takes about 12 earth years to orbit the sun.
Jupiter
Is about 4 times larger than Earth
Uranus
Has 27 known moons
Uranus
Has 425 degrees Celsius in temperature because there is no atmosphere to trap heat.
Mercury
Has a revolution period of 88 Earth days.
Mercury
Has a surface composed of 71% water.
Earth
Has many rings made of ice that extend about 260,000 miles from the surface
Saturn
Has 61 moons
Saturn
Takes 225 Earth days to complete an orbit.
Venus
Rotates in its axis for 10 hrs
Jupiter
Has two moons named Phobos and Deimos
Mars
Is about the same size as Earth
Venus
Has 13 moons
Neptune