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Planets of the Solar System. by Carolyn Lundberg. MERCURY. Diameter: 3,031 miles Surface gravity: 0.38 Day: 58.6 days Year: 88 days Distance from the sun: 36 million miles Surface temperature: -275 TO 660 degrees F Atmosphere: traces of helium Moons: none. VENUS.
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Planets of the Solar System by Carolyn Lundberg
MERCURY • Diameter: 3,031 miles • Surface gravity: 0.38 • Day: 58.6 days • Year: 88 days • Distance from the sun: 36 million miles • Surface temperature: -275 TO 660 degrees F • Atmosphere: traces of helium • Moons: none
VENUS • Diameter: 7,525 miles • Surface gravity: 0.9 • Day: 243 days • Year: 225 days • Distance from the sun: 67 million miles • Surface temperature: 915 degrees F • Atmosphere: carbon dioxide, traces of nitrogen • Moons: none
EARTH • Diameter: 7,926 miles • Surface gravity: 1 • Day: 23hrs. 56 min. • Year: 365.26 days • Distance from the sun: 93 million miles • Surface temperature: -94 to 131 degrees F • Atmosphere: nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor
MARS • Diameter; 4,224 miles • Surface gravity: 0.4 • Day: 24.6 hours • Year: 687 days • Distance from the Sun: 142 million miles • Surface temperature: -184 to 77 degrees C • Atmosphere: carbon dioxide, nitrogen, traces of argon and oxygen • Moons: two Phobos and Deimos
JUPITER • Diameter: 88,788 miles • Surface gravity: 2.64 • Day: 9.8 hours • Years: 11.8 years • Distance from the sun: 484 million miles • Temperature: -238 degrees F • Atmosphere: hydrogen, helium • Moons: 28
SATURN • Diameter: 74,901 miles • Surface gravity: 1.16 • Day: 10.2 hours • Year: 29.4 years • Distance from the sun: 887 million miles • Temperature: -292 degrees F • Atmosphere: hydrogen, helium • Moons: 30
URANUS • Diameter: 31,765 miles • Surface gravity: 1.17 • Day: 17.2 hours • Year: 84 years • Distance from the sun: 1,783 million miles • Temperature: -346 degrees F • Atmosphere: hydrogen, helium, methane • Moons: 21
NEPTUNE • Diameter: 31,404 miles • Surface gravity: 1.2 • Day: 16.1 hours • Year: 164.8 years • Distance from the sun: 2,794 Million miles • Surface temperature: -365 Degrees F • Atmosphere: hydrogen, helium, methane • Moons: 8
PLUTO • Diameter: 1,430 miles • Surface gravity: 0.04 • Day: 6.4 day • Year: 248 years • Distance from the sun: 3,675 million miles • Surface temperature: -365 degrees F • Atmosphere: probably nitrogen and methane • Moon: 1 Charon
Planets of the Solar System Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto