This document describes the different types of planets in our solar system and what it would be like to survive on each one. It divides the planets into two categories: terrestrial planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars which are rocky, and gas giants like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune which are large planets composed mainly of gases. Each planet section provides details on its distance from the sun, temperature, atmosphere and conditions, noting that extreme protective clothing and water would be needed to survive on most planets due to harsh temperatures, atmospheres and lack of breathable air.

1. How To Survive On Other Planets by Georgina.

2. The Types Of Planets
There Are Terrestrial Planets, Also Know
nAs The Terrestrial Neighbours, And Then
There Are The Gas Planets, Also Known As
The Gas Giants.

3. Gas Giants

4. Jupiter
 Jupiter Can Be Seen From Earth Without A
Telescope. Jupiter’s Moons Can Be Seen
With A Small Pair Of Binoculars.
 Jupiter’s Average Temperature Is -140
Degrees So You Would Need Heaps Of
Warm Clothing.
 It Has A Giant Hurricane, Called The Great
Red Spot, Which Is Over Twice The Size Of
The Earth.
 Jupiter Is A Gas Giant So You Wouldn’t Be
Able To Walk On It, It Has No Solid Surface.
 FACT FILE:
 Distance From Sun: 778 Million KM
 Diameter: 142.984KM
 Rotation (Days): 0.41
 Length Of Year: 11.86
 Moons: 16

5. Saturn Has A Thick System Of Rings Around It’s Equator That Is Several KM’s Thick.
Saturn’s Average Temperature Is -170 Degrees So You Would Definitely Need Some Warm
Clothing.
The Rings Of Saturn Are Difficult To See When Their Edge Faces The Earth.
There Are 7 Rings, Which Consist Of Thousands Of Smaller Rings.
FACT FILE:
Distance From Sun: 1426 Million KM
Diameter: 120.536KM
Rotation (Days): 0.44 Saturn
Length Of Year: 29.46
Moons: 18

6. Uranus
Uranus Appears Blue From The Earth Due To
Methane In It’s Atmosphere.
The Axis Of Rotation Of Uranus Is Almost In
Line With The Sun.
This Means That The Sun Falls On One Pole
For A Very long Time.
Uranus’s Temperature Is About -210 Degrees
So You’d Need A LOT Of Warm Clothing.
Like Saturn And Jupiter, Uranus Bulges At The
Equator Because Of It’s Rapid Rotation.
This Rapid Rotation Also Creates Very Strong
Winds In It’s Atmosphere.
Uranus Has A System Of About 11 Rings
Which Are Smaller And Fainter Than Those Of
Saturn.
FACT FILE:
Distance From Sun: 2868 Million KM
Diameter: 51.118KM
Rotation (Days): 0.72 R
Length Of Year: 84.07
Moons: 15

7. Neptune
Neptune, Like Uranus, Appears Blue From The Earth, Due To The Methane In It’s Atmosphere.
It Has A System Of 5 Faint Rings Which Appear To Consist Of Dust Particles.
It Has A Large Dark Blue Spot Similar To Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
This Blue Spot, Which Is Larger Than Earth, Is Believed To Be A Giant Storm.
It Was Discovered In 1989 By The Space Probe Voyager 2, Which Also Discovered Six Of The Planets Moons.
One Of Neptune’s Moons, Triton. Is The Coldest Known Body In The Solar System.
The Average Temperature Is -220 Degrees So You Would, Once Again, Need A Lot Of Warm Clothes.
FACT FILE:
Distance From Sun: 4494 Million KM
Diameter: 48, 600KM
Rotation (Days): 16 hours
Length Of Year: 165 Earth Years
Moons:

8. Terrestrial Planets

9. Mercury
 Mercury Is The Closest Planet To The Sun And
Quite Small Compared With Earth.
 The Surface Of Mercury Is Very Much Like That
Of The Moon.
 It Is Very Heavily Cratered And Has Mountains,
Valleys And Flat Plains, Just Like The ‘Seas’ On
The Moon.
 Until 1974, When The Space Probe Mariner 10
Flew Close To Mercury, The Planet Was
Believed To Have No Atmosphere.
 Mariner 10 found traces of The Gases Helium
And Hydrogen And Even Smaller Amounts Of
Several Other Gases.
 Because Of The Pull Of Gravity On Mercury Is
Much Smaller Than That On Earth, Gases Tend
To Escape Into Space.
 The Temperatures On Mercury Are Extreme,
Generally Ranging From -180 Degrees To 420
Degrees.
 You Would Need Heaps Of Water To Survive On
Mercury.
 The Very Thin Atmosphere Allows Heat To
Escape Quickly, .
 FACT FILE:
 Distance From Sun: 58 Million KM
 Diameter: 4878 KM
 Rotation (Days): 58.65
 Length Of Year: 0.24
 Moons: None

10. Venus
Venus is the closest planet to the Earth and the second-largest planet
to the sun.
Venus is about the same size as Earth.
It is the brightest object in the night sky apart from the moon.
The thick clouds above the surface of Venus a mystery until space
probes were able to take photographs in 1974 and 1975.
Even though space probes first flew past in 1962, very little knowledge
was gained.
The atmosphere of Venus was so heavy and hot that early spacecraft
and their instruments were either crushed or melted.
The atmosphere of Venus is basically all carbon dioxide.
This means that heat does no escape easily.
As a result, the range of temperatures is small and the average
temperature is much higher than that of Mercury, even though Venus
is almost twice as far from the sun.
The surface of Venus is mostly flat and rocky, with two large areas of
mountains.
It is not a very good place to live because of the high temperature,
heavy atmosphere and the presence of sulfuric acid in the
atmosphere.
You would need a lot of water to survive on Venus, because the
average temperature is 450 degrees.
FACT FILE:
Distance From Sun:108 Million KM
Diameter: 12.103 KM
Rotation (Days): 243 R
Length Of Year: 0.62
Moons: None

11.  Mars has about half the diameter of Earth.
 After Earth, it’s orbit is the next-furthest from the sun.
Mars
 Like Mercury, it has a small pull of gravity and a thin atmosphere which
consists of mainly carbon dioxide.
 There is frozen water on the poles of mars that has trapped carbon
dioxide in it.
 If we melted this frozen water, the carbon dioxide would be freed and
would trap sunlight, giving Mars and atmosphere with plants and it could
be possible for people and animals to live there,
 The thin atmosphere and lack of clouds made it possible to study Mars
from the surface of Earth using telescopes.
 This observation led to belief that their was life on Mars.
 In 1976, the space probes Viking 1 and Viking 2 sent clear, close up TV
pictures from the surface of Mars.
 Considering the average temperature is -120 degrees to -30 degrees,
you would want a lot of warm clothing.
 FACT FILE:
 Distance from sun: 228 Million KM
 Diameter: 6, 787 KM
 Rotation (Days): 1.03
 Length Of Year: 1.88
 Moons: 2

12. That’s All Folks
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