The Planets Natasha Litherland

The Planets

By Natasha Litherland

Mercury Mercury is a rocky planet 36 million miles from the sun .

Mercury has no moons.

Mercury wizzes around the sun at 30 miles per second.

Mercury is the closest to the sun.

Venus Venus is the brightest planet in the solar system.

Venus orbits round the sun in 262 days Venus is the 2nd planet away from the sun Venus is 67 million miles or 108 kilometers from the sun.

Earth The Earth is the biggest of all the terrestrial planets.

Earth has one moon.

Earth has life on it.

Earth is the 3rd planet away from the sun.

Mars Mars is the 3rd planet away from the sun.

Mars is next to earth.

Mars looks orange.

Mars has 2 moons.

Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

Jupiter is the 5th planet away from the sun.

Jupiter is the larges planet .

Earth could fit in Jupiter 1000 times.

Saturn Saturn is the 6th planet away from the sun.

Saturn has a ring around it.

Saturn has at least 18 moons.

Saturn is 886 million or 1426 million kilometers from the sun.

Uranus Uranus also has rings, Like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus is a gas giant It would take you many years to fly a rocket to Uranus Uranus is six plants from the sun

Neptune If you weigh 70 pounds (32 kg) on the Earth, you would weigh 78.5 pounds (36 kg) on Neptune.

At first, Neptune was only the god of water For many, centuries people did not know that this planet even existed.

Neptune is the 6th planet away from the sun.

Pluto Pluto was thought to be the god to whom all men must eventually go.

Pluto is the smallest planet in the solar system Pluto is a dwarf planet Pluto is eight plants from the sun