- Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the Sun. It has no moon and rotates slowly, taking 59 Earth days to complete a single rotation.
- Venus is similar in size to Earth and orbits the Sun every 224.7 Earth days. It has the hottest surface of any planet due to extreme greenhouse effect trapping heat.
- Mars is around half the size of Earth and has the largest dust storms in the Solar System. It has an extremely thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide.
4. - First planet in distance
from the sun in the solar
system.
- The smallest rocky or
terrestrial planets.
5. - No moon of its own.
- Second hottest planet
after Venus.
- Has a global magnetic
field.
6. 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
7. ORBIT AND ROTATION
MERCURY ORBITS THE SUN
EVERY 87.97 EARTH DAYS .
MERCURY ‘S ORBIT IS
ELLIPTICAL(46 MILLION
KM)
ROTATES
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
3:2 SPIN ORBIT RISONANCE
8. FACES THE SUN 450ºC
(840 F)
FACING AWAY THE
SUN -183 C (-297.4 F)
9.
10. 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)
11. 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
14. 5 LARGEST PLANET
TH
ON THE SOLAR
SYSTEM
PERFECT SPHERE
EARTH HAS ONE
NATURAL SATTELITE
THE MOON
15. DIAMETER
12756 KM (7926 MILES)
DISTANCE FROM THE
SUN
150 MILLION KM
16. 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.
33. 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
35. 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.
39. 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
40.
41. 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
42. PLUTOIS AN ICY
WORLD WITH A
METHANE –COATED
SURFACE; ITS MOON,
CHARON, IS ALMOST
HALF THE SIZE AND
HAS A MASS 1/10 OF IT.