Friday, October 7, 2016

We have 8 planets and 5 dwarf planets in our solar system. Jupiter is by far the biggest planet. The red little storm on Jupiter is 4 times bigger than Earth. Mercury comes in as smallest. It's around 3 times smaller than Earth. The smallest isn't always the closest to the sun. For instance, Mars is smaller than Earth.
            Below is a list of all the planets and their quality's.
Name
Diameter
Distance from the Sun
Orbit Period
Mercury
4,879 km
57,909,227 km (0.39 AU)
88 day
Venus
12,104 km
108,209,475 km (0.73 AU)
225 days
Earth
12,742 km
149,598,262 km (1 AU)
365.26 days
Mars
6,779 km
227,943,824 km (1.38 AU)
1.9 years
Jupiter
139,822 km
778,340,821 km (5.20 AU)
11.9 years
Saturn
116,464 km
1,426,666,422 km (9.58 AU)
29.5 years
Uranus
50,724 km
2,870,658,186 km (19.22 AU)
84.0 years
Neptune
49,244 km
4,498,396,441 km (30.10 AU)
164.8 years


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