The Solar System

NICHOLAS GAITAN
12/18/15

3 Closest Planets To The Sun

3 Farthest Planets From The Sun

Mercur
y

Mercury is a Planet in Our Solar System

Air is poisonous

Mercury is very hot because its distance from the sun

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun

Mercury is 427 degrees Celsius

Marine 10 spaceship was the first to land on Mercury

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what
-is-planet-mercury-k4.html

Venus

Venus is 67 million miles away from the sun

Venus is the 2nd farthest from the sun

864 degrees Fahrenheit on average

About 7,500 miles in diameter

Air is extremely thick

Venus is so hot it can melt lead

http://www.nasa.gov/venus

Earth

Earth is 92 million miles away from the sun

Earths is 61 degrees Fahrenheit on average

Very breathable air

Earth is 7,917 miles in diameter

Only planet to contain life

http://www.universetoday.com/15055/diameter-of-earth/

Mars

Mars is 4,212 miles in Diameter

Mars average temperature is -67 degrees Fahrenheit

Mars air is 95% poisonous

They found water on Mars

Mars is 127 million miles from the sun

http
://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-isplanet-mercury-k4.html

Jupiter

The Diameter is 88,844 miles

460 million miles from the sun

The average temperature is -55 degrees Celsius

Very unbreathable oxygen

Jupiter is called the Gas Giant

http://www.universetoday.com/35796/atmosphere-of-the-planets/

Saturn

Saturn is 839 million miles away from the sun

The diameter is 72,367 miles

The average temperature is -270 degrees Fahrenheit

Saturn's Atmosphere is composed of mostly Helium and Hydrogen

Saturn has a huge ring

http://www.universetoday.com/33962/diameters-of-the-planets/

Uranus

Uranus is 1.78 billion miles away from the sun

The air is composed of hydrogen and helium mostly

The average temperature is -357 degrees Fahrenheit

The diameter is 31,518 miles

Uranus is a turquoise color

http://www.universetoday.com/35664/temperature-of-the-planets/

Neptune

The diameter is 30,599 miles

Neptune is 2.8 billion miles away from the sun

The average temperature is -218 degrees Celsius

The air is mostly Hydrogen and Helium

Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun

http://www.universetoday.com/35796/atmosphere-of-the-planets/

Biggest Planets

Smallest Planets

Air in Big Planets Contain

Hottest to Coldest
1.Sun

8.Uranus

2.Mercury

9.Neptune

3.Venus
4.Earth
5.Mars
6.Jupiter
7.Saturn

Quick Quiz
1.

Venus is the Closest Planet to the Sun? (true/false)

2.

Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun? (true/false)

3.

Earth contains life forms? (true/false)

4.

Uranus is the coldest planet?(true/false)

5.

Jupiter is the smallest planet?(true/false)

Quick Quiz Answers

1.

False

2.

True

3.

True

4.

False

5.

False

References
"Atmosphere of the Planets - Universe Today." Universe Today. N.p., 24 July
2009. Web. 17 Dec. 2015.
"Diameter of Earth - Universe Today." Universe Today. N.p., 14 June 2008.
Web. 17 Dec. 2015
NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2015.
Dunbar, Brian. NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2015.