This document provides information about the planets in our solar system. It discusses the key facts about the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. For each planet, it highlights attributes such as relative size, presence of moons, atmospheric composition, and distance from the Sun. The overall document aims to educate about the basic characteristics of the planets that make up our solar system.

1. By Kate Purchon

2. • }The Sun
• }Mercury
• }Venus
• }Earth
• }Mars
• }Jupiter
• }Saturn
• }Uranus
• }Neptune

3. • }The Sun is 145 km from the Earth.
• }The sun is the largest object in the solar
system.
• }98% of our universe is taken up by the
Sun.

4. • }Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
• }It has no moons.
• }It is a fraction bigger than the Earth’s moon.
• }The surface that faces the Sun can plummet to
800 degrees.

5. • }Venus has no moons.
• }Venus has no-ozone layer (this protects from
the Sun’s rays) which means there is very little
water on Venus
• }It is about the same size as Earth.

6. • }We live on Earth.
• }7 billion people also live on it with you.
• }30% of the Earth is land. 70% is water.
• }The Earth has one moon called Luna.
• }Scientists use Earth to study other planets.

7. • }Mars has two moons called Demios and
Phobos.
• }Mars is sometimes called ‘the red planet’
as it is red.
• }Mars is the closest type of planet to Earth
because scientists think it has air.

8. • }Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar
system.
• ]Earth could fit into it 100 times.
• }It as 50 official moons, and 12 unofficial
moons.
• }Jupiter also has very faint rings.

9. • }It is the second largest planet in our solar
system.
• }It has 53 official moons and 9 unofficial
moons.
• }It is well known for its rings, which are
169,800 miles wide, and only a rugby goal
post length top to bottom.

10. • }Scientists believe that Uranus may just
be one big ocean.
• }It is almost identical to Neptune.
• }Uranus has 27 moons.

11. • }Neptune has 13 rings, but it is so far away, it
is very hard to tell.
• }Neptune has dust of 1,200 mph winds. On
the motor way, you drive about 50 mph.
• }It is the furthest planet from the Sun.

12. • Thanks for watching my solar system power
point.
• Have a fun time when you’re going into space!