Facts About Each Planet In Our Solar System. Sun ●One million earths could fit in the sun ●Light...

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Facts About Each Planet In Our Solar

System

Sun●One million earths could fit in the sun

●Light from the sun takes Eight Minutes to reach the Earth

●The Temperature Inside the Sun can reach Fifteen Million Degrees Celsius

●The Distance from the Sun to Earth changes throughout the Year

●The Sun has a very strong Magnetic Field

Earth●The Earth’s rotation is slowing down as we speak

●The Earth was once believed to be the center of the universe

●Earth is the only planet not named after a god

●Of all the planets in our solar system, the Earth has the greatest density

●There are more living organisms in a teaspoonful of soil than there are people on earth

Mars●Mars and Earth have almost the same surface area

●Mars has the tallest mountain in the solar system

●Only 18 missions to Mars have been successful

●Mars has the biggest dust storms in the solar system

●On Mars the Sun appears about half the size as it does on Earth

Saturn●Saturn can be seen with the naked eye

●Saturn is the flattest planet in the solar system

●Saturn orbits the Sun one time every 29.4 Earth years

●Saturn is made of almost all hydrogen

●Saturn has the most rings in the solar system

JUPITER●Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the solar system

●Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets

● Jupiter has cloud features

●There's a giant red spot that’s a storm

●Jupiter has a set of rings that are very hard to see

Venus● A day on Venus is longer then a whole year on Earth

● Venus is the only planet rotates counter clockwise

● The Russians were the first of all people to do a mission on venus

●Venus can reach up top 870 degrees Fahrenheit

●243 days on hearth is 1 day on venus

Mercury ●176 days on earth is 1 day on mercury

●Mercury is the smallest planet known in our solar system

●Mercury has the second most craters in our solar system

●Mercury is one of the many planets named after a god

●Mercury is the closest planet to the sun

Neptune●Neptune spins very fast

●Neptune is considered a ice giant

●Neptune has a really active climate

●Neptune has 14 moons that we know of

●only one spacecraft has flown by Neptune

Uranus ●1 day on Uranus is 17 hours and 14 minutes

●Uranus is the coldest planet in our solar system

●Uranus’s moons are named after W.S characters

●You can see Uranus with the naked eye

●Uranus is the only planet named after a Greek god

Sources

● http://space.com/

● http://space-facts.com/