By: Katrina Rackham Science 2015 Our Solar System By: Katrina Rackham Science 2015
Mercury It is the second hottest planet A year in Mercury is about 88 days Mercury is the smallest planet It’s confirmed that it has no moons or rings
Venus Only planet names after female Actually hottest planet in our solar system Similar in size and mass to earth It rotates counter-clock wise No known moons
Earth Only planet not named after a Greek god (approximately) 7.125 billion people on earth (2013) One third of Earth is desert Lost 40% of wildlife in the past 40 years About 22,000 manmade objects orbiting Earth
Mars It has two known moons Doesn’t have magnetic field Has the tallest mountain in the solar system Major dust storms accrues Pieces of the planet have been found on Earth
Jupiter Has 67 known moons Shortest day of all the planets (9 hours and 55 minutes) The surface temperature is around -108c Largest planet in solar system You could fit 100 Earth’s in the red spot
Saturn It’s flattest planet Saturn orbits the sun It’s a gas planet A day on Saturn is 10.7 hours The root word for Saturn is Saturday
Uranus Has about 27 known moons Takes one trip around the Sun every 84 years Coldest planet The planet was discovered in 1781 Every 17 hours and 14 minutes it rotates on it’s axis
Neptune Has around 14 moons Spins on it’s axis quickly Atmosphere made up of helium, hydrogen and methane Can’t support life on the planet Has about five rings
Bibliography http://theplanets.org/mercury/ http://www.space.com/18525-venus-composition.html http://space-facts.com/venus/ http://space-facts.com/earth/ http://www.google.ca/#safe=active&q=population+of+earth http://www.factslides.com/s-Earth http://theplanets.org/mars/ http://space-facts.com/mars/ http://space-facts.com/jupiter/ http://www.universetoday.com/15418/interesting-facts-about-saturn/ http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn
Bibliography http://www.space.com/ http://space-facts.com/uranus/ http://theplanets.org/uranus/ http://space-facts.com/neptune/ http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune http://www.planetfacts.net/Jupiter-Facts.html