Neptune
- 8th planet from the sun
- Called the Windiest Planet
- Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds
- Neptune is the last of the hydrogen and helium gas giants in our solar system
- Takes almost 165 Earth years to orbit our sun.
- In 2011 Neptune completed its first orbit since its discovery in 1846.
Saturn
The Solar System
- 6th planet from the sun
- Called Jewel of the Solar System
- Second largest planet in our solar system
- Farthest planet from Earth observable by the unaided human eye
- Thousands of rings surrounding it
Uranus
Mars
- Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun
- Uranus hits the coldest temperature than any other planet
- Uranus makes one trip around the sun every 84 earth years
- Uranus has 13 rings
- Uranus has 27 moons
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun
Second smallest planet in the Solar System
Named after the Roman God of War
Mars and Earth have about the same land mass, but Mars has a much thinner atmosphere
Jupiter
Jupiter is two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined. It is made of gases and is known as a “gas giant”.
The Red Spot is twice the size of earth and is close to what we would call a giant hurricane.
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It is the only planet known to hold life AND liquid water
Earth is the only planet with one large orbiting Moon
One day on Venus is longer than one year on Earth
- smallest planet in our solar system
- closest to the sun
- nobody has ever been here!
Venus is the second planet from the Sun
It is the 2nd brightest object in the solar system
Earth is the third planet from the Sun