Mercury
Facts Orbit = 88 Days -173 – 427 C 3032 Mile Diameter = 1/3 Earth Terrestrial Planet Metallic Core, Rocky Intermediate, Thin Crust No rings, No Moons 92 Million km (48 million miles) Your weight = 38 % what it is on Earth
Venus
Facts Orbit = 225 Days Rotation = 243 Days 462 C- hottest (96.5 % CO2) 42 million km 12,104 km Terrestrial Planet Iron Core, Rocky Intermediate, Silicate Crust No rings, No Moons Sister Planet Clouds of sulfuric acid Second brightest object in our night sky
Earth
Facts Orbit = 365.25 Days Rotation = 24 Hours 14 C Average NA 12,742 km Terrestrial Planet Core, Mantle, Crust No rings, 1 Moon Rotation is slowing- 150 m years to get to 25 hours
Mars
Facts Orbit = 687 Days Rotation = 24 Hours, 39 mins -143 C – 20 C Closest ever- mid 50 million km 6,792 km Terrestrial Planet Core, Mantle, Crust (one piece), Fine powder covering No rings, 2 Moons (Phobos and Deimos) Olympus Mons (21 km high)- highest in solar system
Jupiter
Facts Orbit = 4,333 Days Rotation = 10 hours- uneven -148 C 600 million km 142,984 km Jovian Planet Gases (H, He, H20, Ch4, NH3) 4 rings, 67 moons (Io, Europa) 2.5 more massive than all other planets
Saturn
Facts Orbit = 29.5 Years Rotation = 10 hours- uneven -178 C 1.2 billion km 120,536 km Jovian Planet Gases (H, He, H20 ice, Ch4 ice, NH3 ice) 7 groups rings (thousands), 62 moons (Titan)
Uranus
Facts Orbit = 84 Years Rotation = 17 hr / 14 mins -224 C 2.6 billion km 51,118 km- diameter Jovian Planet Gases (H, He, H20 ice, Ch4 ice, NH3 ice) 13 rings, 27 moons Retrograde rotation
Neptune
Facts Orbit = 164.8 Years Rotation = 18 hrs -214 C 4.3 billion km 43,528 km- diameter Jovian Planet Gases (H, He, H20 ice, Ch4 ice, NH3 ice) 5 rings, 14 moons 2nd largest gravity (Jupiter)