THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

Our Solar system
The Solar system is madeup of the Sun and all the objects that spin around it, from planets and moons, to chunks of rock and huge amounts of dust. The word solar means "of the Sun".
Here is little facts about all the planets in our Solar system:

MERCURY
*It is the closest planet to the Sun
*It has no moon
*It has no rings
*The temerature on Mercury is 420*C
*The size is 3031 miles
*The distance from the Sun is 36 million miles

VENUS
*It is the hotest planet in our solar system, the temereture is 480*C
*It is the 2nd planet to the Sun
*The distance from The Sun is 67 millon miles
*It has no moons
*It has no rings
*It has alemost the same size like Earth, the size is 7521 miles
*It has a heavy atmosphere, it`s made of corbon dioxide gas

THE EARTH
*It is the 3rd planet from the Sun
*It temerature is 50*C- -50*C
* It is the only planet with living entitys, like humans, animals, plants and flowers (That is what we believe)
*The size is 7947 miles
*It has no rings
*It has one moon
*The distance from the Sun is 93 million miles

MARS
*It is the 4th planet from the Sun
*It has no rings
*It has 2 moons, they are called Phobos and Deimos, they are both dark
*Mars is sometimes called the "Red planet"
*The temperature on Mars is -23*C
*Mars size is 4222 miles

JUPITER
*It is the largest planet in our Solar system
*It is the 5th planet from the Sun
*It has no rings
*It has 16 moons (that is what we have discovered)
*The temperature on Jupiter is -150*C
*Jupiter have a great red spot on its surface

SATURN
*It is the 6th planet from the Sun
*It is the 2nd biggest planet
*It has 4 rings, because of that is Saturn sometimes called "The ringed planet"
*Saturn has 18 moons
*The temperature on Saturn is -178*C

URANUS
*Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun
*It is the 3rd biggest planet i our Solar system
*It has 15 moons
*The temperature on Uranus is -200*C
*It has 11 rings and they are made of stones

NEPTUNE
*Neptune is the 8th planet from the Sun
*It is the 4th biggest planet our Solar system
*It has 8 moons, the biggest of them are Triton and Nereid
*The distance from the Sun is 4,500 million km
*Neptune`s temperature is -214*C
*The colour on Neptune is blue

PLUTO
*It is the last planet in our Solar system, the 9th
*It is the smallest planet in our Solar system
*It is the coldest planet, the temperature is -263*C
*It is the last discovered planet, it was discovered in 1930

By Sara Berglund
Grade 5A 18/2/08