Planet Relative Size Relative Distance Surface Features Atmospheric Ability to Support Temperatures

from Sun Features Life

Mercury 4,879 km = d 3.2 light minutes Rocky, Little or no NO -173 degrees C
Mountains, atmosphere night
Smallest planet 1st planet valleys, craters, (composed of 427 degrees C
Wrinkly surface, sodium) SOLAR day

Our Solar Systems 8 Planets + Pluto

Cliffs, No water, WINDS BLOW
AWAY ATMOS

Venus 12,104 km = d 6 light minutes Rocky, Thick, NO 464 degrees C

mountains, CO2 with
3rd smallest 2nd planet craters, No water droplets of HOTTEST Planet
planet sulfuric acid,
Rotates Thick cloud MAJOR
back- cover greenhouse
wards effect
RETRO-
GRADE

Earth 12,756 km = d 8.3 light minutes Rocky Perfect balance YES -13 degrees C to
71% covered in of gases to 37 degrees C
4th smallest 3rd planet liquid water, support life: 78%
planet Mountains, nitrogen, 21%
valleys, plains oxygen, 1%
other

Mars 6,794 km = d 12.7 light minutes Rocky, red soil Thinner NO (but we hope -123 degrees C
due to iron atmosphere than one day it can) to 37 degrees C
2nd smallest 4th planet oxide, Earth , made of
planet Volcanoes, Ice CO2
caps of frozen
CO2 H2O

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the INNER/Terrestrial planets.

 Relative Size Relative Surface Features Atmospheric Features Ability to Temperatures
Planet Distance from Support Life
Sun
Jupiter 142,984 km = d 43.3 light minutes Brightly colored Storms, Layered NO -110 degrees C
bands, Made clouds of methane,
Biggest planet 5th planet mostly of ammonia and water
hydrogen and
helium,
Great red spot
Saturn 120,536 km = d 1.3 light hours Beautiful Rings Storms, Upper NO -140 degrees C
Mostly made of atmosphere is
2nd biggest planet 6th planet hydrogen and methane, ammonia
Helium and ethane

Uranus 51, 118 km =d 2.7 light hours Beautiful blue- Mainly hydrogen and NO -195 degrees C
green color, methane
3rd biggest planet 7th planet Made mostly of
Rolls on hydrogen and
its side helium

49,528 km = d 4.2 light hours Frozen gases Mainly hydrogen, NO -200 degrees C
Neptune
Made mostly of helium, belts of clouds
4th biggest planet 8th planet hydrogen and
helium
Beautiful blue
color
Great Dark Spot
Pluto 2,390 km = d 5.4 light hours Frozen nitrogen, Thin atmos. Of NO -225 degrees C
NOT a icy/rocky methane
planet Smaller than 9th major object surface
(or is it mercury
????)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are the OUTER planets.

They are also known as GAS GIANTS.