Uranus

Uranus: Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar

system.
Uranus is the third largest of the solar system gas
giants.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun
Uranus is the fourth-largest planetary mass in the
Solar System.
Uranus was first seen by William Herschel in 1781
during a survey of the sky using a telescope. In
1782 George III appointed Herschel as Astronomer
Royal.
Uranus has a total of 27 moons, most of whom are
named after characters in Shakespeares
Midsummer Nights Dream. The five major moons
are called Titania, Oberon, Miranda, Ariel and
Umbriel. Umbriel is not from Shakespeare but is
the
melancholy sprite in a poem by Alexander Pope.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar
system.

The reddish appearance of Mars surface is caused

by iron oxide (rust)
The distance from Mars to the sun is about 227.9
million km.
Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest mountain in
the solar system at more than 25 kilometers high
(thats three times higher than Mount Everest). It is
so big that astronomers could see it through
telescopes in the 19th century, almost 200 years
ago!
On Mars sunsets are blue.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet of the solar system.
The length of the day in Jupiter is 9 hours and 56
minutes.
Jupiter is 778.5 million km away from the sun.
Jupiter is so big that more than 1300 Earths can fit
inside of it.
Thick, colorful clouds of deadly poisonous gases
surround Jupiter. The quick spinning of the planet
whips up the atmosphere, creating the bands
around the planet.
Jupiter has many moons circling around it. Four of
these moons are bigger than Pluto.

Venus
The length of one day in Venus is 116 days and 18
hours.
Venus is the second planet from the sun.
Venus is the second brightest object in the night
sky after the Moon.
Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love
and beauty.
Venus sometimes referred to as the Earths sister
planet due to their similar size and mass.
The surface of Venus is obscured by an opaque
layer of clouds made up of sulfuric acid.
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.
Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar
system.
Until the invention of the modern telescope, Saturn
was regarded as the outermost ok the known
planets.
Saturn is the least dense of all of the planets in the
solar system, it is also the planet thats less dense
than water.

Saturns rings are composed of water ice crystals

and a smaller amount of rocks ranging in size of
specks of dust to as large as mountains.
Saturn has at least 150 moons and moonlets.
Earth
Our home world is the densest of all eight planets.
Earth is the largest of the four terrestrial planets.
About 71% of the earths surface is covered by salt
water oceans, the remaining 30% is taken up by
the seven continental masses.
Today, the Earth is tilted on its axis by 23.4
degrees Celsius
Earth is the third planet from the sun.
Earth is 4.543 billion years old!
Neptune
Neptune is the eight and officially farthest planet
from the sun.
Neptune is the smallest but also the most dense of
gas giants.
Neptune has a surface gravity that is only
surpassed by Jupiter.
Neptune was the first planet to be found in 1846
Neptune has completed only one orbit of the sun

Neptune is the fourth-largest planet by diameter

and the third-largest by mass.
Mercury
Mercury is the smallest planet of the solar system.
Because mercury has no atmosphere to retain
heat, mercurys surface experiences the greatest
temperature variation of all of the planets .
Mercury appears as a morning or evening star from
earth, but do to its proximity to sun it is very hard
to see still.
Mercury can be seen at least twice a year : in
spring at dusk and in fall before dawn.
The length of a day on mercury is 58 days 15 hours
and 30 minutes.
the surface of Mercury is very similar to our moon.
It has a very barren, rocky surface covered with
many