Solar system

sun

DIAMETER:1,319.980DENSITY:1.409 GRAMS/CM

MERCURY- First planet in distance from the sun in the solar system.

- The smallest rocky or terrestrial planets.

A- No moon of its own.- Second hottest planet after Venus.

- Has a global magnetic field.

CHARACTERISTIC- Mercury’s diameter is 4,879km(3.032 miles)

- Mercury’s volume and mass are about 1/8 that of earth.

- Mercury’s mean density 5.4 g/cm

ORBIT AND ROTATIONMERCURY ORBITS THE SUN

EVERY 87.97 EARTH DAYS .MERCURY ‘S ORBIT IS

ELLIPTICAL(46 MILLION KM)ROTATES

COUNTERCLOCKWISE3:2 SPIN ORBIT RISONANCE

TEMPERATURE

FACES THE SUN 450ºC (840°F)

FACING AWAY THE SUN -183°C (-297.4°F)

VENUS

HOTTEST PLANET ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM

243 DAYS TO ROTATE ON ITS AXIS

CLOCKWISE LACK OF MAGNETIC FIELD AND A

MOON VENUS CIRCLES THE SUN AT A

DISTANCE AOF 108 MILLION KM(67 MILLION MILES)

ORBIT AND ROTATION VENUS ORBITS THE SUN AT AN

AVERAGE DISTANCE AT ABOUT 108 MILLION KM

AXIS IS NEARLY VERTICAL ORBIT IS CIRCULAR ROTATES ONES EVERY 243 EARTH

DAYS SUN RISE IN THE WEST AND TAKES

58.4 DAYS TO CROSS THED SKY

ATMOSPHERE 91% CARBON TEMPERATURE-462 °C (864°F)

EARTH

5TH LARGEST PLANET ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM

PERFECT SPHERE EARTH HAS ONE NATURAL SATTELITE THE MOON

DIAMETER12756 KM (7926 MILES)

DISTANCE FROM THE SUN150 MILLION KM

ORBIT AND ROTATION ONE COMPLETE ROTATION 23

HOURS 56 MINUTES 4.1 SECONDS ONE REVOLUTION IS 365.2422 OR

365 DAYS 5 HOURS 48 MINUTES 46 SECONDS.

AXIS IS TILTED 23.5 ° MOON ORBITS THE EARTH IN

ELLIPTICAL PATH IN 27 DAYS 7 HOURS 43 MINUTES 11.5 SECONDS.

ATMOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE MESOPHERE THERMOSPHERE EXOSPHER

EARTH SURFACE

HYDROSPHERE CRUST BIOSPHERE

MARS

KNOWN AS THE RED PLANET BABYLONIAN CALLED THE

STAR OF DEATH ROMANS NAMED IT AFTER

THEIR GOD OF WAR.

DIAMETER 6800 KM

ATMOSPHER

CARBON DIOXIDE NITROGEN OXYGEN WATER VAPOR

ORBIT AND ROTATION ORBIT THE SUN AT AN

AVERAGE DISTANCE OF 228 MILLION KM.

AXIS WAS TILTED 25° 24 HOURS AND 37

MINUTES TO ROTAES ON ITS AXIS

INTERIOR

LESS 30% DENSE THAN THAT OF EARTH

CRUST MANTLE CORE- RICH IN IRON

JUPITER

THE GIANT MEMBER OF THE PLANETARY SYSTEM

HAS 16 SATELLITES HIGHLY COMPOSED OF

HYDROGEN AND HELIUM. DIAMETER 142,860

MILLION Km

ORBITS AND ROTATION ORBITS THE SUN AT AN

AVERAGE DISTANCE 778MILLION KM

ORBIT ABOUT THE SUN IS 11:9 EARTH DAYS.

ROTATE ON ITS AXIS IS ABOUT 9.9HOURS

SATURN

THE SECOND LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

THE ONLY PLANET THAT HAS RING

HAS 23 SATELLITES

ORBITS AND ROTATION 10.5 HOURS IS ONE

COMPLETE ROTATION 20.5 YEARS TO COMPLTETE

ONE REVOLUTION DISTANCE 1,435BILLION Km DIAMETER 120,000

SATURN RINGS

EXTREMELY WIDE, VERY FLAT

ROCK, GAS AND ICE ( SMALL PARTICLES) WIDE BRIM OF STRAW

HAT

MOONS

60 MOONS ORANGE-COLORED TITAN IS THE LARGEST

URANUS

ROMAN NAME IT AFTER THEIR GOD OF HEAVEN

PRODUCES BLUE GREEN COLOR COMES FROM THE METHANE GAS IN ITS COLD ATMOSPHERE

IT HAS 13 RINGS HAD 27 MOONS CONSIDERED ICE GIANT PLANET THE DIAMETER IS 51,118Km

ATMOSPHERE HYDROGEN HELIUM

ORBITS AND ROTATION ORBITS THE SUN AT AN AVERAGE

DISTANCE OF 2,860 MILLION Km. 84 EARTH YEARS TO ORBIT THE SUN 1/400TH OF SUNLIGHT RECEIVES ROTATES CLOCKWISE TILTS 98° REVOLVES ON ITS AXIS ONCE EVERY

17.25HOURS.

INTERIOR OF URANUS

ROCK AND WATER WITH HYDROGEN AND HELIUM.

MOONS ARIEL UMBRIEL OBERON TITANIA- LARGEST MIRANDA

NEPTUNE

ORBITS THE SUN WITH THE DISTANCE OF 4,490 MILLION Km

1/900TH AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT

DIAMETER 49,520Km. VOLUME 72 TIMES OF

EARTH FOUR RINGS 13 MOONS CORE- MAGNESIUM

SILICATES

DIAMETER: IS 2400 MILLION KM

DISTANCE FOM THE SUN: 6,000,000,000

PERIOD OF REVOLUTION: 248.4 YEARS

PERIOD OF ROTATION: I6.39 DAYS

PLUTO IS AN ICY WORLD WITH A METHANE –COATED SURFACE; ITS MOON, CHARON, IS ALMOST HALF THE SIZE AND HAS A MASS 1/10 OF IT.

COMPOSITION74% WATER ICE21% ROCK5% METHANE