The 9 Planets Or The 8 Planets By

The 9 Planets? Or The 8 Planets? By Miss O.

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Mercury �Closest planet to the Sun �Its year is only 88 days long, so it’s the fastest moving planet in the solar system �Named after the “speedy messenger” of the gods

Venus �Second closest planet to the sun �Covered with thick clouds, which trap the heat from escaping the hottest planet �Volcanic ridges on the surface

Earth � 3 rd planet from the Sun �Only known planet to have life �Atmosphere and liquid water �Moderate temperatures

Mars � 4 th planet from the Sun � Known as the “red planet” named after the god of war � High iron content in the soil � Thin atmosphere � Polar caps appear to be covered with ice

Jupiter � 5 th planet from the sun � Largest in the solar system (named after the king of the ancient Roman gods) � Gas giant (made of gas with small, solid cores) � Great Red Spot = a giant storm

Saturn � 6 th planet from the sun � No surface to walk on, because it is a gas giant � Dazzling set of rings made from thousands of individual little bands called ringlets � 1 orbit (1 day on Saturn) = 29 Earth days � Violent wind storms like Jupiter

Uranus � 7 th planet from the sun �Tipped on its side and rotates on its side �Also has rings �Also a gas giant

Neptune � 8 th planet from the sun � Named after the Roman god of the sea � Smallest of the gas giants � Wildest weather winds blow at 1, 200 miles an hour � Great Dark Spot violent hurricane-type storm

Pluto � 9 th planet from the sun? (76 years) � Dwarf planet (2006) � Large moon, Charon � Pluto travels in an egg- shaped orbit around the Sun, sometimes crossing inside the orbit of Neptune to temporarily become the ninth planet again

Eris �Dwarf planet (16 miles long by 10 miles wide) �Coldest, most distant planet in our solar system �Discovered in 2005 �Moon = Dysnomia