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The Inner Planets Terrestrial Rocky iron core High temperatures Closer to the Sun Closer to each other Smaller than the outer planets Slow rotation and fast revolution Few moons and no rings
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Mercury Closest to the Sun Rotation: 59days Revolution: 88days Very Thin Atmosphere: Helium, oxygen, hydrogen Many craters Temperature extremes 400°C during day, -180°C at night
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Mercury
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Venus Earth’s sister planet Rotation: 243 days Revolution: 225 days Thick Atmosphere: mostly carbon dioxide, nitrogen and sulfuric acid Longer day than year Spins opposite than other planets Over 500°C all the time Cratered and volcanic surface
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Venus
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Earth Home sweet home Only planet with sustained life Hydrosphere (water) Atmosphere made up of N 2, O 2, CO2 Rotation: 24 hours Revolution: 365 days 1 moon
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Earth’s Moon The moon makes a complete orbit around Earth in 27 Earth days and rotates or spins at that same rate, or in that same amount of time. This causes the moon to keep the same side or face towards Earth during the course of its orbit. rocky, solid-surface very thin atmosphere
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Mars Frozen polar CO2 caps Smaller than Earth Rotation: Slightly longer than 24 hours Revolution: 687 days Very cold Largest mountain in solar system Olympus Mons Thin atmosphere of CO 2, N 2 and Ar 2 moons:Phobos and Deimos known as the Red Planet due to rust in soil
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Moons of Mars Phobos orbits Mars three times a day very close to surface Deimos smaller of Mars' two moons whirls around Mars every 30 hours.
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Mars
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