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Find and record the following information for each of the eight planets in the solar
system (you can include Pluto, but you dont have to)
Name of
Planet:
Mercury
Distance from
Sun:
Diameter:
3,030 miles
Length of Year:
88 days
Length of Day:
Temperature:
Atmosphere:
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
One more
interesting fact:
Sources:
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properly
formatted
Google Results
Redd, Nola Taylor. "How Big Is Mercury?" Space.com. Space.com, 27 Nov.
2012. Web. 16 May 2016.
Name of
Planet:
Venus
Distance from
Sun:
Diameter:
7,520.8 miles
Length of Year:
225 days
Length of Day:
Temperature:
Atmosphere:
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
One more
interesting fact:
Sources:
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properly
formatted
Name of
Planet:
Earth
Distance from
Sun:
Diameter:
7,917.5 miles
Length of Year:
365 days
Length of Day:
24 hours
Temperature:
60 degrees fahrenheit
Atmosphere:
Nitrogen, Oxygen
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
One more
interesting fact:
Sources:
Must be
properly
formatted
Name of
Planet:
Mars
Distance from
Sun:
Diameter:
4,212 miles
Length of Year:
687 days
Length of Day:
Temperature:
67 degrees fahrenheit
Atmosphere:
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
Phobos, Deimos
One more
interesting fact:
Sources:
Must be
properly
formatted
Name of
Planet:
Jupiter
Distance from
Sun:
483.8 million
Diameter:
86,881.4 miles
Length of Year:
12 years
Length of Day:
Temperature:
Atmosphere:
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
3 Rings, 62 Moons
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae,
Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda, Thebe, Adrastea, Metis,
Callirrhoe, Themisto, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Harpalyke, Kalyke,
Iocaste, Erinome, Isonoe, Praxidike, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Aitne,
Eurydome, Euanthe, Euporie, Orthosie, Sponde, Kale, Pasithee,
Hegemone, Mneme, Aoede, Thelxinoe, Arche, Kallichore, Helike, Carpo,
Eukelade, Cyllene, Kore, Herse, & more.
One more
interesting fact:
Jupiter has a giant spinning storm known as the Great Red Spot
Sources:
Must be
properly
formatted
Name of
Planet:
Saturn
Distance from
Sun:
Diameter:
72,367.4 Miles
Length of Year:
29 Years
Length of Day:
Temperature:
Atmosphere:
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
53 Moons, Saturn has four main groups of rings and three fainter,
narrower ring groups.
One more
interesting fact:
Sources:
Must be
properly
formatted
Name of
Planet:
Uranus
Distance from
Sun:
Diameter:
31,518 Miles
Length of Year:
84 Years
Length of Day:
Temperature:
Atmosphere:
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
13 Rings, 27 Moons
One more
interesting fact:
Uranus hits the coldest temperature out of all the planets in the solar
system
Sources:
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properly
formatted
Name of
Planet:
Neptune
Distance from
Sun:
Diameter:
Length of Year:
165 Years
Length of Day:
Temperature:
Atmosphere:
Hydrogen, Helium
Major features
(rings, moons,
etc)
3 Rings, 14 Moons
One more
interesting fact:
Sources:
Must be
properly
formatted