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planets in space
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| JUPITER | - It takes Jupiter 11.86 years to rotate 1 time - Biggest planet - Fast planet when it goes around on its axis - Only 10 hours in 1 day - Each little design is a wind storm - Strongest storm on Jupiter: 900 mph |
| JUPITER (CONTINUED) | - 5th planet from the sun - Faintest ring system - Has the most moons - Io- close to Jupiter - Lots of Volcanos |
| JUPITER (CONTINUED X2) | - Volcano can go up to 600 feet - Calisto- close to asteroid belt - Europa- covered in ice |
| SATURN | the sun 1 time - Most extensive ring system - Made out of rocks and ice - Ice chunks can be as big as a bus or house - If they collide they become smaller |
| SATURN (CONTINUED) | - Planet is made out of hydrogen and helium - Has a great white spot - planet is so light that is can float in water - titan- biggest moon that orbits Saturn - there is methane in Titan |
| URANUS | take Uranus 84.01 years to rotate around the sun 1 time - has moons that are very close together - Miranda is giant spots - Atmosphere contains visible clouds -it takes Neptune 164.8 years to rotate around the sun 1 time |
| URANUS (CONTINUED) | got a blue color - contains methane - got its name from the Roman god of the sea - Farthest out |
| URANUS (CONTINUED X2) | 2nd faintest ring system - Hardest to see - has atmospheric storms Can fit 15 Earths in Neptune -has the great blue spot -storms can be 1500 mph - has 13 moons - Triton moon- has volcanos that erupts cold methane gas |
| MERCURY | -- Brownish, grayish color - Lots of highlands - has widest temperature range - can have a temperature of 1.050 degrees - Hot enough to melt led |
| VENUS | -got its name from the goddess of beauty -atmosphere is very thick - reflects off its suns atmosphere -made out of poisonous gases -very toxic |
| VENUS (CONTINUED) | Very dangerous - Hottest planet in the solar system - Giant solar collector - Most of Venus is covered with lava flows |
| EARTH | -3rd planet from the sun - Water planet - Life - has a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere -geolnot as active as Venus - Magnetic field ogically active |
| EARTH (CONTINUED) | has a moon -has a volcano that erupts every day - made out of 72% water on the surface |
| MARS | - 90% of science fiction movies were about Mars - Red planet -has ice caps -has a canyon bigger than the Grand Canyon - Olympus Mons is the biggest volcano in the whole solar system |
| MARS (CONTINUED) | - has iron oxide - Thin carbon dioxide atmosphere - Temperature range of 140 to -200 -huge dust storms - has 2 moons - has life - has dried up river beds |
| NEPTUNE | -Neptune is cold -atmosphere contains visible clouds -takes 164.8 years to rotate around the sun 1 time - got a blue color -contains methane |
| NEPTUNE (CONTINUED) | -got its name from the roman god of the sea -farthest out -2nd faintest ring system -hardest to see -has atmospheric storms -can fit 15 Earths on Neptune -has great blue spot -storms can be 1500 mph |
| ALL | - Close to the sun - all rock - small |
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Kailey M
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