List 3 features of each planet of solar system.
1. Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest of the eight planets in our solar system. For every 2 orbits of the Sun, which takes around 88 Earth days, Mercury completes three rotations of its axis. It is gravitationally locked and this rotation is unique to the solar system.
2. Venus
A day on Venus lasts longer than a year
Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets
Venus is the second brightest object in the night sky
Atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92 times greater than the Earth's
Venus is often called the Earth's sister planet.
3. Earth
Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun. It is the only planet known to have an atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of liquid water on its surface, and, of course, life.
4. Mars
Mars has approximately half the diameter of Earth. It is less dense than Earth, having about 15% of Earth's volume and 11% of the mass. Its surface area is only slightly less than the total area of Earth's dry land.
5. Jupiter
Jupiter is massive.it has magnetic field 14 times stronger than earth, it is also known for its Great Red Spot, and has twice the width of earth. Jupiter environment is probably not conducive to life. the temperature, pressure and material that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organism to adapt.
6. Saturn
Saturn is huge
You cannot stand on Saturn
Its beautiful rings are not solid
Some of these bits are as small as grains of sand
The rings are huge but thin
Other planets have rings
Saturn could float in water because it is mostly made of gas.
7. Uranus
The planet is often dubbed an ice giant, since 80 percent or more of its mass is made up of a fluid mix of water, methane, and ammonia ices. Unlike the other planets of the solar system, Uranus is tilted so far that it essentially orbits the sun on its side, with the axis of its spin nearly pointing at the star.
8. Neptune
Nearly everything we know about Neptune was learned from the Voyager 2 encounter. Like Uranus, Neptune's blue color is the result of red light being absorbed by methane gas in the planet's upper atmosphere. Neptune's composition is believed to be very similar to that of Uranus.
1. Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest of the eight planets in our solar system. For every 2 orbits of the Sun, which takes around 88 Earth days, Mercury completes three rotations of its axis. It is gravitationally locked and this rotation is unique to the solar system.
2. Venus
A day on Venus lasts longer than a year
Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets
Venus is the second brightest object in the night sky
Atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92 times greater than the Earth's
Venus is often called the Earth's sister planet.
3. Earth
Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun. It is the only planet known to have an atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of liquid water on its surface, and, of course, life.
4. Mars
Mars has approximately half the diameter of Earth. It is less dense than Earth, having about 15% of Earth's volume and 11% of the mass. Its surface area is only slightly less than the total area of Earth's dry land.
5. Jupiter
Jupiter is massive.it has magnetic field 14 times stronger than earth, it is also known for its Great Red Spot, and has twice the width of earth. Jupiter environment is probably not conducive to life. the temperature, pressure and material that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organism to adapt.
6. Saturn
Saturn is huge
You cannot stand on Saturn
Its beautiful rings are not solid
Some of these bits are as small as grains of sand
The rings are huge but thin
Other planets have rings
Saturn could float in water because it is mostly made of gas.
7. Uranus
The planet is often dubbed an ice giant, since 80 percent or more of its mass is made up of a fluid mix of water, methane, and ammonia ices. Unlike the other planets of the solar system, Uranus is tilted so far that it essentially orbits the sun on its side, with the axis of its spin nearly pointing at the star.
8. Neptune
Nearly everything we know about Neptune was learned from the Voyager 2 encounter. Like Uranus, Neptune's blue color is the result of red light being absorbed by methane gas in the planet's upper atmosphere. Neptune's composition is believed to be very similar to that of Uranus.
