1. Planet Facts 6 1 7 8 5 2 9 3 4 21 18 16 yes no Saturn Mercury Uranus
Order from Sun
Moons
Rings
Day
(1 rotation)
Year
(1 orbit)
Color
Saturn 6 21
yes
10 hours
40 minutes
29.5 Earth days
yellow, brown
Mercury 1 no
59 Earth Days
88 Earth days
gray
Uranus 7 18
17 hours
14 minutes
84 Earth years
green
Neptune 8
16 hours
7 minutes
164.8 Earth years
green-blue
Jupiter 5 16
9 hours
52 minutes
11.9 Earth years
brown, beige
Venus 2
243 Earth Days
225 Earth days
yellow, white
Pluto 9
6 Earth Days
248 Earth years
Earth 3
24 hours
Earth days
blue, white
Mars 4
37 minutes
687 Earth days
red

2. Planet Fact Challenge
Use the Planet Facts chart to solve the challenges below. Record your answers on this page.
Put the planets in order (2) Name the planets that have visible
from Mercury to Pluto: rings:
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(3) List the planets that have moons: (4) Which planets have days that
____________ ________________ are less than one Earth day?
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3. (5) Which planet takes the longest to orbit the Sun?
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(6) Which planets are gray in color?
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(7) Which planets have more than 10 moons?
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(8) Is the Sun a planet? Circle your answer
YES NO
(9) What is your favorite planet? Why?