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The Planets
Facts about planets in out solar system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Has a revolution of 88 days | Mercury |
| Has little to no atmosphere, and a heavily cratered surface | Mercury |
| Is 36 million miles from the sun | Mercury |
| Has a revolution of 224 days | Venus |
| Has a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide and clouds containing sulfuric acid | Venus |
| Known as "Earth's Twin" | Venus |
| Only other planet besides Uranus that rotates in the opposite direction | Venus |
| Is the 3rd planet from the sun | Earth |
| Red surface due to iron oxide | Mars |
| Has 2 moons, Phobos and Deimos | Mars |
| Has valleys and canyons indicating it used to have running water on the surface | Mars |
| Revolution is 687 days | Mars |
| Surface is made up of rock and ice. | Pluto |
| Has a moon named Charon, plus 4 smaller moons | Pluto |
| Largest planet in the solar system | Jupiter |
| Has the fastest rotation of any planet at 10.2 hours | Jupiter |
| Takes 12 years to go around the sun | Jupiter |
| Has a storm know as the Great Red Spot | Jupiter |
| Has 97 moons | Jupiter |
| Ganymede is the largest moon of this planet | Jupiter |
| Planet with rings | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
| Has the largest ring structure of any planet with 7 main rings | Saturn |
| Revolution takes 29 years | Saturn |
| Currently has 274 moons, the largest being Titan | Saturn |
| Density is less than water | Saturn |
| Planet is tilted 90 degress | Uranus |
| Only planet that rotates in the opposite direction, besides Venus | Uranus |
| Has 29 moons | Uranus |
| Fastest wind speeds in solar system | Neptune |
| Has 16 moons | Neptune |
| This substances causes the blue appearance of Neptune and Uranus | methane |
| This lies between Mars and Jupiter | asteroid belt |
| 2.8 Billion Miles from the sun | Neptune |
| Largest Moon is Triton | Neptune |
| 1.8 Billion miles from sun | Uranus |
| Has 13 rings | Uranus |
| Rotation 10.7 hours | Saturn |
| 886 million miles from sun | Saturn |
| Includes the moons Ganymede, Europa, Io and Callisto | Jupiter |
| Inner planet with a surface dominated by volcanoes | Venus |
| Was first visited by New Horizon's Spacecraft in 2015 | Pluto |
| Smaller than earth with a heart-shaped feature on surface | Pluto |
| Circumfernece is approximately 24,000 miles | Earth |
| Average distance to its moon is 239,000 miles | Earth |
| Rotates at the equator at 1000mph, revolution is 66,000mph | Earth |
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