Planets 

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On Venus it snows metal and rains sulphuric acid!!!

The temperature can be more than 480&apos;C.

The atmosphere is almost made of only carbon dioxide!!!!

Also Venus has higher mountains than earth does!!!

A year on Mercury is just 88 earth days long. 1 day on Mercury lasts 176 earth days. The distance between Mercury and the sun is 46 to 70 million kilometers. Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system.

Jupiter is the stormiest planet in the solar system there is a permanent,but ever changing whirlpool of storms,known as Jupiter Great Red Spot which can be seen using a telescope. The red spot was first seen by Robert Kooke in 1664.

IT WOULD TAKE 942 HOURS TO GET TO MARS. NASA HAS SENT ROVERS TO MARS.

IT IS SO COLD YOU CANNOT LAND ON IT. NASA HAS SENT ROVERS AROUND MARS BUT THEY HAVE NOT LANDED.

Neptune in the 4th biggest planet in the solar system.

It took TWELVE YEARS for a probe to get to Neptune 

Did you know that Venus is 10 times hotter than Earth!

It is also made out of 3.5% of nitrogen.

Tap on the planet that you think is correct?

Saturn is the sixth planet away from the sun. It is also the furthest planet that can be seen with the naked eye.

Saturn is the second biggest planet in the solar system.

It was first discovered in the 8th century. 

The planet is most famous for its ring system discovered in 1610.

Saturn&apos;s atmosphere is put together by hydrogen and helium.

Jupiter is 85,788 million miles the largest planet,more than 12 earths could line up against it!

12 earth years is the length of one Jupiter year (one orbit around the sun)

Jupiter is Approximately 466 million miles away from the sun. 

Jupiter has 62 moons, Ganymede is the biggest moon, it is bigger then mercury and Pluto.

It is the third largest planetary radius and fourth largest planetary mass in the solar system.

IN 1659 A DUTCH ASTRONOMER SAW MARS AND DREW IT OUT.

Neptune was founded on the 23 of September 1846 

Like every other planet Neptune orbits the sun. It takes 164.79 years

It is very cold on Neptune it can get up to minus 200 degrees below freezing 

How many earth years are in one Jupiter year

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Also Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system.

Uranus is mostly made out of hydrogen and helium, but methane gas gives it its vivid blue colour.

Equatorial diameter: 120,536km Polar diameter: 108,728km Mass: 95 Earths Moons: 59 named moons and 62 moons Rings: 210 Orbit distance: 1,426,666,422km Orbit period: 29.5 years Effective temperature: -178 degrees Celsius Nickname: Lord of the rings

Uranus was the first planet discovered in the modern times.

 MARS IS 3,390 KM BIG AND TAKES ONE DAY AND FOURTY MINUTES FOR A DAY IN MARS. IT TAKES  668.93 EARTH DAYS FOR MARS TO ORBIT THE SUN.

Uranus is blue and can also be very colourful 

Jupiters spot. One of the most familiar facts about Jupiter is that it has a big red spot. Known as Jupiters Great Red Spot . The red spot is a huge storm that has been continuously going on for over 400 years. Winds inside the storm reaching speeds of about 270MPH.

What is the 2nd closest planet to the sun?

Uranus was first spotted by William Herschel in 1781 during a survey of the sky using a telescope. In 1782 George III appointed Herschel as Astronomer Royal.

These are the most planets around Uranus.

Mercury is only maped half of the planet .

Mercury was only discovered in 1974 by martioner space probe ten.

Mercurys side that faces the sun temperatures can go up to 427c .

On the other side of Mercury it can reach  temperatures up to -173c.

When voyagers visited the outer planets of the solar system we discovered all the gas planets have rings. That means Jupiter has a ring but it is much smaller the Saturns.

Did you know Mercury was named after a roman God.

Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun. 

Neptune is a mostly gas and is a light blue colour.

MARS HAS TWO MOONS CALLED PHOBOS AND DEMIOS

Venus is often visible by the naked eye in the morning and the evening but it looks just like a star.

Some people call Venus the morning star because it rises earlier than the sun.

It is also sometimes called the earths &apos;twin&apos; because of the similar size but is actually smaller!

Venus is the second brightest planet and we can see it in daylight if we look in the right direction!!

As you can see we can&apos;t live on Venus because it is too hot being to close to the sun

Venus is the second planet to the sun!!!!

Click on the Venus planet to find out more.

Now it&apos;s time for the quiz! Tap on what you think is correct.

URANUS

Did you know that Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun

Uranus is the only planet who&apos;s name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology.

MARS IS THE FOURTH PLANET AWAY FROM THE SUN AND THE SECOND SMALLEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

No other planet has as many moons as Saturn. We are aware of as many as 62 moons, but most astronomers believe there are more.

The largest of the moons is Titan with a distance across of approximately 5,150km

It is also sometimes described as rolling around the sun on its side.

Also Uranus is not visible by the naked eye and the first planet to be discovered by a telescope.

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