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Mass: 5.97 x 10^24 kg
Orbit Period: 365.24 days
Surface Temperature: -88 to 58°C
atmos: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen; divided into the exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere and troposphere
densest planet, powerful magnetic field, rotation slowing by 17 milliseconds/hundred yrs, the only planet not named after a Roman god/goddess
Orbit Period: 365.24 days
Surface Temperature: -88 to 58°C
atmos: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen; divided into the exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere and troposphere
densest planet, powerful magnetic field, rotation slowing by 17 milliseconds/hundred yrs, the only planet not named after a Roman god/goddess
Mass: 6.39 x 10^23 kg
Day & Year: 24h 37min = day 687 days = year
Atmosphere: 95.32 % Carbon Dioxide; 1.6% Argon; 2.7% nitrogen; 0.08% carbon monoxide
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun
It is named after "Mars" the Roman god of war
Pieces of Mars have been found on Earth
The tallest mountain known in the solar system is Olympus Mon and is 21 km high - Mt Everest is 8.8 km
Day & Year: 24h 37min = day 687 days = year
Atmosphere: 95.32 % Carbon Dioxide; 1.6% Argon; 2.7% nitrogen; 0.08% carbon monoxide
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun
It is named after "Mars" the Roman god of war
Pieces of Mars have been found on Earth
The tallest mountain known in the solar system is Olympus Mon and is 21 km high - Mt Everest is 8.8 km
Day Length: 10 Earth Hours
Year Length: 12 Earth Years
Atmosphere is mostly made up of Hydrogen and Helium, however The solar mass is still 1.898e27 kg.
Saturn is not the only planet with rings. Jupiter has a faint ring system, as do all four giant planets in the solar system.
GREAT RED SPOT:A Storm that is about two times larger than Earth and has been there for over a century
Year Length: 12 Earth Years
Atmosphere is mostly made up of Hydrogen and Helium, however The solar mass is still 1.898e27 kg.
Saturn is not the only planet with rings. Jupiter has a faint ring system, as do all four giant planets in the solar system.
GREAT RED SPOT:A Storm that is about two times larger than Earth and has been there for over a century
Solar mass : 5.68E26 kilograms
The only planet in our solar system less dense than water
Radius Size : 0.00038926024 AU
Atmosphere : hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia, nitrogen, oxygen
Fun Fact : it has rings! However, they are going to disappear in the next hundred million years
Day length : 10h 42m
Year length : 29 earth years
The only planet in our solar system less dense than water
Radius Size : 0.00038926024 AU
Atmosphere : hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia, nitrogen, oxygen
Fun Fact : it has rings! However, they are going to disappear in the next hundred million years
Day length : 10h 42m
Year length : 29 earth years
8.681 x 1025kg (Mass)
Orbit: 17 hr (Uranian Day); 84 earth years (Uranian Year - completing one orbit)
Atmosphere: 82.5% hydrogen, 15.2% helium, 2.3% methane
Volcanic Activity: no volcanoes on Uranus
Facts:
1st planet to be discovered (with aid of telescope)
Has 13 rings
Rotates east to west on its side
Known as an Ice Giant
Extremely cold temperatures, with -224.2℃ as a minimum; very windy; coldest atmosphere of all the planets in the solar system, even though it is not the most distant
Does not have a true surface - mainly swirling fluids
Orbit: 17 hr (Uranian Day); 84 earth years (Uranian Year - completing one orbit)
Atmosphere: 82.5% hydrogen, 15.2% helium, 2.3% methane
Volcanic Activity: no volcanoes on Uranus
Facts:
1st planet to be discovered (with aid of telescope)
Has 13 rings
Rotates east to west on its side
Known as an Ice Giant
Extremely cold temperatures, with -224.2℃ as a minimum; very windy; coldest atmosphere of all the planets in the solar system, even though it is not the most distant
Does not have a true surface - mainly swirling fluids
Planet Type: Ice Giant
Atmosphere: mostly consists of hydrogen and helium, with trace amounts of methane, water, ammonia and other ices
Mass: 1.024 × 10^26 kg
Orbit Distance: 4.5 billion kilometers
Length of day: 16 Earth hours
Length of Year: 60,190 Earth Days
Fun Fact: Neptune has a two storms similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot: known as the Great Dark Spot, ~the size of Earth, and the Small Dark Spot, ~the same size as Earth's moon.
Atmosphere: mostly consists of hydrogen and helium, with trace amounts of methane, water, ammonia and other ices
Mass: 1.024 × 10^26 kg
Orbit Distance: 4.5 billion kilometers
Length of day: 16 Earth hours
Length of Year: 60,190 Earth Days
Fun Fact: Neptune has a two storms similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot: known as the Great Dark Spot, ~the size of Earth, and the Small Dark Spot, ~the same size as Earth's moon.
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