All About… The Solar System!

1. All About… The Solar System! By: Valeria Grimary Munoz

2. Index: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

3. Index Mercury Mercury is the innermost & smallest planet of our Solar System. Temperature ranges from -183 C to 427 C It takes 87.9 days to orbit & has no moons. Named after the Roman God Mercury.

4. Index Venus Venus is the second planet of our solar system. & takes 224.7 earth days to orbit the sun. Its called the sister planet because in some ways it is very similar to Earth. Hottest planet of our solar system; it reaches to 460 °C & −220 °C. Named after the Roman Goddess of love & beauty.

5. Index Third Planet of our solar system.Referred as the ‘Blue Planet’ or Latin name ‘Terra’365 days to rotate.Earth has human LifeLargest of the four innermost planets. Earth

6. Index Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the SolarSystem. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", Mars

7. Index Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun & the largest planet within our Solar System. Romans named the planet after the Roman God Jupiter. It has 64 moons.

8. Index Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun & the second largest planet of our Solar System. Named after the Roman God Saturn. It is 9 times larger than the earth. Has 62 moons & a lot of rings.

9. Index Uranus Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. Named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus. Has rings First planet discovered by telescope.

10. Index Neptune It is the eighth planet from the sun. Named after the Roman God of the Sea. 12 moons Similar to Uranus. Discovered September 23, 1846.

11. Pluto Only dwarf planet in our Solar System. Ninth planet from the Sun. Coldest planet. Farthest from the Sun. 4 moons