2. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
Mercury takes 88 days to spin itself and go around
the sun
Mercury does not have atmosphere
Mercury
3. Venus is named after Roman goddess for love and beauty.
Venus is called as ‘morning star’ and also as ‘earth’s
brother’.
Venus atmosphere consists more than 96% of Carbon
dioxide
Venus
4. Earth is the only known planet to have life
The mass of earth is 59,800,000,000,000,000,000,000
kilograms
Ozone layer in atmosphere protects us from ultraviolet rays
Earth
5. Mars has seasons like Earth as its axis is tilted
Mars surface contains iron oxide
Mars has two moons Phobos and Deimos
Mars
6. A 27.3 kg boy on earth will weigh 64.5 kg in Jupiter
Jupiter is 375 times compare to Earth’s mass
Jupiter has 63 moons
Jupiter
7. Saturn is the only planet with a thick ring
Saturn’s rings are made of ice stones
Titan is the biggest moon in the solar system , Titan is
Saturn’s moon
Saturn
8. Uranus is blue because the atmosphere contains lots
of hydrogen and Helium
Uranus is named after Greek god Father of Saturn
Uranus orbital axis is parallel to sun’s plane , giving
completely different climate
Uranus
9. Neptune is the first planet to be found with
mathematical calculation
Neptune has a dot called “ The great dark spot”
storms always happens here
Neptune appears dark blue because its atmosphere
contains methane gas
Neptune