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Planets

Planets. Sean Jose. Mercury. Caloris Basin Named after the Roman God. Quickest God Mariner 10 and Messenger Little atmosphere Solar winds and micrometeoroid impacts blast atoms of the surface to form atmosphere . -279/801 degrees in Fahrenheit 58.46 earth days for a day

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Planets

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  1. Planets Sean Jose

  2. Mercury • Caloris Basin • Named after the Roman God. Quickest God • Mariner 10 and Messenger • Little atmosphere • Solar winds and micrometeoroid impacts blast atoms of the surface to form atmosphere. • -279/801 degrees in Fahrenheit • 58.46 earth days for a day • 87.97 earth days for a year

  3. Venus • Named after Roman Goddess for the brightest of the known planets. • Atmosphere fast moving thick clouds of carbon dioxide and pockets of sulfuric acid. • Ishtar terra and Aphrodite Terra prominent highlands on Venus • Mariner 2, Venera 7, Magellan, Venus Express. • 864 Fahrenheit • 243 earth days to complete one day • 224.7 earth days for a year

  4. Mars • Named after Romans god of war • Mariner 4,Viking 1 and 2, Mars pathfinder, Mars odyssey, Mars Rovers • Dust storms, VallesMarineris, Olympus Mons • Iron, Sulfur, basalt • 686.98 earth days for a year • 24.623 hours for a day • -125 to 23 degrees Fahrenheit

  5. Jupiter • Atmosphere is hydrogen and helium • Voyager 1, Galileo, Cassini-huygens, Juno • The Great Red Spot • Named after most dominant God in Roman mythology. • 4332.82 earth days for a year • 9.9 hours for a day • -234 degrees Fahrenheit

  6. Saturn • Named after Roman God • Rings • Hydrogen And helium • Pioneer 11 and Voyager 2 • 10,755 earth days for a year • -288 degrees Fahrenheit • 10.656 hours for a day

  7. Uranus • Hydrogen and Helium Methane gives it blue color • Ring System • Voyager 2 • Named after the Greek god of the sky • 30,687 days for a year • 17.23 hours for day • -357 degrees Fahrenheit

  8. Neptune • Atmosphere has helium and hydrogen some hydrocarbons • Great dark spot and rings • Roman god of the Sea • Voyager 2 • 60190 earth days for a year • 16.11 hours for a day • -353 degrees Fahrenheit

  9. What qualifies as a planet? • Most have a gravity to hold together • Must orbit the sun • Must be the most dominant feature in its area. • Pluto fails final Criteria.

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