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Awesome Planets. By: Audrey. Mercury. 3,032 miles in diameter 0 moons 0 humans ever explored it 1 st planet from sun Smallest planet. Mercury Facts. It is very hot in the day and very cold at night. It has a solid iron core. A new spacecraft will study Mercury in 2011. Venus.
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Awesome Planets By: Audrey
Mercury • 3,032 miles in diameter • 0 moons • 0 humans ever explored it • 1st planet from sun • Smallest planet
Mercury Facts • It is very hot in the day and very cold at night. • It has a solid iron core. • A new spacecraft will study Mercury in 2011.
Venus • 7,521 miles in diameter • 2nd planet from Sun • 0 moons • 6th biggest • 0 humans ever explored it
Venus Facts • It rotates opposite of the other planets. • The crust is of rock. • It has pancake volcanoes.
Earth • 3rd planet from sun • 7926 miles in diameter • 5th biggest • Over 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 humans ever explored it • 1 moon
Earth facts • We travel around the Sun at 66,000 miles per hours • The North Pole has 3 months night. • Our core is made of iron and nickel.
Mars • 4th planet from Sun • 4123 miles in diameter • 7th biggest • 2 moons • No humans explored it
Mars facts • It was named after a Roman messenger. • It’s made of red clay rocks. • It’s covered with white-water ice clouds.
Jupiter • 5th planet from Sun • 88,732 miles in diameter • Biggest planet • 63 moons • No humans ever explored it
Jupiter facts • Jupiter has the 4 largest moons. • It has a core of rock. • It has 3 rings.
Saturn • 6th planet from sun • 74,975 miles in diameter • 2nd biggest planet • 34 moons • No humans ever explored it
Saturn facts • Galileo discovered Saturn’s rings. • It has a core of ice and rock. • The Cassini is studying Saturn.
Uranus • 7th planet from Sun • 31,763 miles in diameter • 3rd biggest • 27moons • No humans ever explored it
Uranus facts • Uranus spins on it’s side. • Uranus has Methane gas. • It has an ice and rock core.
Neptune • 8th planet from sun • 30,603 miles in diameter • 4th biggest • 13 moons • No humans ever explored it
Neptune Facts • Methane gas makes Neptune blue. • It has very high wind speeds. • It has a rocky core.
Bibliography • World Almanac 2006 • Mars :by Adele Richman • Saturn: by Adele Richman • Uranus: by Thomas Adamson