The Planets In The Solar System
Here are the name of the planets in the Solar System.
*Mercury *Venus *Earth *Mars *Jupiter *Saturn *Uranus *Neptune
A Planets In The Solar System Acronym
It might help you to remember the planets, if you were to use this acronym,
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The Four Inner Planets
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The four smaller inner planets,
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars,
are made of rock & metal.
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The four smaller inner planets,
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars,
are made of rock & metal.
The Four Outer Planets
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The four outer planets,
The four outer planets,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune,
are made of gases.
Jupiter & Saturn
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The two largest, Jupiter & Saturn,
are made of hydrogen and helium.
The two largest, Jupiter & Saturn,
are made of hydrogen and helium.
Uranus & Neptune
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The other two planets, Uranus & Neptune,
The other two planets, Uranus & Neptune,
are made of ices, such as water, ammonia & methane.
Sun
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The diameter of the Sun is 1,380,000 km.
The temperature on the Sun surface is 6,000°C.
Mercury
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Mercury is the first planet
at a distance of 57 million kilometers from the Sun.
The diameter of Mercury is 4,878 km.
Venus
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Venus is the second planet
at a distance of 108 million kilometers from the Sun.
Earth
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Earth is the third planet
at a distance of 150 million kilometers from the Sun.
The diameter of Earth is 12,742 km.
A person on Earth is spinning at 1675 kilometers per hour.
The hottest temperature recorded on Earth
was 70.7°C in the Lut Desert, Iran.
The coldest temperature recorded on Earth
was -89.2°C in Vostok, Antarctica.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet
at a distance of 228 million kilometers from the Sun.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet
at a distance of 779 million kilometers from the Sun.
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet
at a distance of 1.43 billion kilometers from the Sun.
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet
at a distance of 2.88 billion kilometers from the Sun.
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth planet
at a distance of 4.50 billion kilometers from the Sun.
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The Moon, Earth & Sun
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The Moon
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The diameter of the Moon is 3,400 km.
The Moon temperature can reach about
-233°C at night & 123°C during the day.
The Moon & Earth
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The distance between the Moon & Earth is 380,000 km.
It takes the Moon 28 days to orbit the Earth.
The Moon orbits Earth at a speed of 3683 kilometers per hour.
A Moon day is equal to about 28 Earth days.
The Moon, Earth & Sun
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The Sun gets 10 % hotter & brighter every billion years.
In 1 billion years it will be too hot to live on Earth.
The Sun is in the middle of its life.
The Sun will burn out in about 4.5 billion years.
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The Space Treaty prohibits anyone owning any part of the solar system.
The Space Treaty prohibits anyone owning any part of the solar system.
