The planets in the solar system

1. The Planets in the Solar System

2. The planets in the solar system are
categorized into two:
The Terrestrial Planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
The Jovian Planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

3. The terrestrial planets
– Latin, terra; ground or soil

4. Characteristics:
Has a rocky and solid composition
They are close to the sun.
 They either have no moons or few moons.
 They all have weak magnetic fields.
 They all have closely spaced orbits
 None of the planets have rings around them.

5. The Jovian Planets

6. Also referred to as gas planets are the Jovian planets.
The gas planets are much larger than the terrestrial planets
and are composed mainly of gas and liquid.

7. Characteristics:
 They are all farther away from the sun.
They have multiple moons.
 They all possess strong magnetic fields.
 There is a greater distances between orbits.
 They all have some form of rings orbiting each planet.

8. The TerresTrial
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9. Mercury
•Mercury is the smallest terrestrial
planet and is the closest planet in
the solar system to the Sun.
•Mercury has no moons of its own
•Mercury revolves once about the
Sun every 87.97 days

10. Venus
Venus has a similar size to that of
the Earth. Venus is surrounded by a
heavy, dense atmosphere mostly
composed of carbon dioxide.
The carbon dioxide layer allows
heat to enter the planet but does not
allow heat to leave, causing a
greenhouse effect.
the brightest object in the sky

11. earth
Earth is the to harbor life in the universe.
Earth is the largest terrestrial planet and the fifth
largest planet in the solar system.
Like the other terrestrial planets, Earth has an
atmosphere surrounding it. Earth also has one
moon called Luna.

12. Mars
It has red appearance.
Mars has two moons, Phobos and
Deimos, and is the only terrestrial
planet other than the Earth to have
moons in orbit around it.
the time Mars takes to revolve once
around the Sun, is about two Earth
years long

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