The document provides information about the eight planets in our solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. For each planet, it lists key facts about their distance from the sun, length of orbit, rotation period, presence of moons or rings, atmospheric composition and other distinguishing physical characteristics. It also notes that Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet rather than a true planet.

1. The
Family
of
the
Sun

2. Mercury
Did
you
know
Mercury
is
the
closest
planet
to
the
sun?
It
is
36
million
miles
from
the
sun.

3. Mercury
• No
Satellites
• 188
days
to
orbit
the
sun
• Fastest
Moving
Planet:
30
miles
per
minute
• Smallest
planet
• Dry
Rocky
Planet
covered
in
craters
• Smallest
Planet
• Has
no
atmosphere

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8
planets
in
the
family
of
the
sun.

5. Venus
Did
you
know
Venus
is
the
2nd
planet
from
the
sun?
It
is
67.3
million
miles
from
the
sun

6. Venus
• 225
Days
to
orbit
the
sun
• A
day
(243
Earth
Days
is
longer
than
a
year
on
Earth
(225
Earth
days)
• No
satellites
• Hot,
dry
and
smooth
surface
• Volcanoes,
mountains,
valleys,
and
plains
• Brightest
planet
at
night
• Called
Earth’s
twin
• Thick
clouds
of
sulfuric
acid
cover
the
surface

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8
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family
of
the
sun.

8. Earth
Did
you
know
Earth
is
the
3rd
planet
from
the
sun?
It
is
93
million
miles
away
from
the
sun.

9. Earth
• 364
¼
days
to
orbit
around
the
sun
• Rotates
on
its
axis
every
24
years
• Tilted
axis
creates
4
seasons
• One
satellite:
Moon
orbits
the
Earth
every
28
days
• Only
planet
that
sustains
life
• Water
covers
71%
of
surface
• Fresh
water,
frozen
at
the
poles

10. Earth
The
many
layers
of
the
Earth:
• Thick
rocky
crust
• Mantle
• Inner
Core
• Outer
Core

11. Mars
Did
you
know
Mars
is
the
4th
planet
from
the
sun?
It
is
141
million
miles
away
from
the
sun

12. Mars
• 687
days
to
orbit
the
sun
• Rotates
on
its
axis
every
24
hours,
39
minutes,
and
35
seconds
• Has
seasons
like
Earth
• 2
satellites:
Phobos
and
Deimos
• No
liquid
water
• Both
poles
are
frozen
• Very
cold
(-­‐80
degrees)
• Deep
canyons,
craters,
valleys,
and
very
high
mountains
• Called
the
‘red
planet’
from
clouds
of
red
dirt.

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8
planets
in
the
family
of
the
sun.

14. Jupiter
Did
you
know
Jupiter
is
the
5th
planet
from
the
sun?
It
is
about
484
million
miles
from
the
sun.

15. Jupiter
• 4,333
days
to
orbit
the
sun
• 16
satellites
• Fastest
rota`on:
9
hours
56
minute
day
• Great
Red
Spot-­‐
hurricane
of
gas
• Largest
and
heaviest
planet
• Atmosphere
of
clouds
of
hydrogen
and
helium

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of
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sun.

17. Saturn
Did
you
know
Saturn
is
the
6th
planet
from
the
sun?
It
is
about
840
to
941
million
miles
from
the
sun
at
different
points
of
its
ellipPcal
orbit.

18. Saturn
• 10,
759
Earth
days
to
orbit
the
sun
• Second
Largest
Planet
• Rotates
2000
MPH
• Gas
Planet-­‐
no
solid
surface
*Rocky
core
• 60
Satellites
• Most
prominent
rings-­‐
made
of
countless
small
par`cles

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8
planets
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family
of
the
sun.

20. Uranus
Did
you
know
Uranus
is
the
7th
planet
from
the
sun?
It
is
about
779
million
miles
from
the
sun.

21. Uranus
• 84
years
to
orbit
the
sun
• 3rd
largest
planet
• 27
satellites
• Blue-­‐green
ball
of
methane
gas
and
ice
• Core
of
rock
and
ice
• Winter
21
years
long
in
darkness
• Summer
21
years
long
in
sunlight

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planets
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family
of
the
sun.

23. Neptune
Did
you
know
Neptune
is
the
8th
planet
from
the
sun?
It
is
about
780
million
miles
from
the
sun.

24. Neptune
• 165
years
to
orbit
the
sun
• 4th
largest
planet
• 13
satellites
• Dwarf
planets,
comets
and
asteroids
beyond
Neptune
• Windiest
planet
• Blue
from
methane
gas

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sun.

26. Pluto
Did
you
know
Pluto
is
now
a
dwarf
planet?
As
of
2006,
it
is
no
longer
one
of
the
planets
in
the
family
of
the
sun.

27. Pluto
• Does
not
meet
the
requirements
for
a
planet:
• 1.
Orbits
the
sun
• 2.
Big
enough
for
gravity
to
squash
it
into
a
ball
shape.
• 3.
Must
have
cleared
things
out
of
the
way
of
orbital
neighborhood.
• Pluto
does
not
clear
orbital
neighborhood
• Eris
and
Pluto
are
known
dwarf
planets
• Part
of
the
Kuiper
belt
• New
Horizons
voyage
will
fly
by
Pluto
in
2015

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sun.