MY- M FOR MERCURY VERY- V FOR VENUS EDUCATED- E FOR EARTH MOTHER M FOR MARS JUST- J FOR JUPITER

R SHOWS- S FOR SATURN US U FOR URANIUS NINE N FOR NAPTUNE PLANETS- P FOR PLUTO

MERCURY

Planet nearest to the sun Considered as the fastest planet Can be observed as the morning and evening star Surface is believed to be filled with craters and crisscrossed by ridges and cliffs Has a thin atmosphere of helium Smallest in the inner planets

Mercury has a global magnetic field, but only a trace of an atmosphere and no moons of its own. It is the second hottest planet after Venus. Mercury circles the Sun every 88 Earth days at an average distance of 58 million km (36 million mi) and takes 59 days to turns on its axis.

Mercury was named for the fleet-footed messenger of the gods in Roman mythology.

VENUS

Brightest of all the planets seen from the earth Can also be seen as an evening and morning star Considered as the earths twin Spins clockwise (retrograde) Rotation is longer than revolution Hottest planet (its dense and cloudy atmosphere of CO2 produces greenhouse effect) Surface has large volcanoes, impact basins and continents Full of volcanoes

The planet was named for Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty. Venus (Greek: Aphrodite; Babylonian: Ishtar) is the goddess of love and beauty Venus is the brightest object in the sky. It is often called the morning star when it appears in the east at sunrise, and the evening star when it is in the west at sunset. In ancient times the evening star was called Hesperus and the morning star Phosphorus, Eosphoros, or Lucifer.

EARTH

Only habitable planet Earths orbital path is not quite a perfect circle but instead is slightly elliptical (ovalshaped). Earth is the fifth largest planet in the solar system. Earth has one natural satellite, the Moon..

MARS

Earths closest celestial neighbor Called the red planet Has a thin atmosphere Has floating clouds, violent storms and white polar caps made chiefly of CO2 Has no ozone on its atmosphere Has also full of vass planes, largest volcano in the solar system

Mars (Greek: Ares) is the god of War Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are named after the sons of the Roman god Mars.

JUPITER

Biggest planet Fastest rotating planet Surface gravity is 2.6 times that of the earths Considered as a huge ball of hydrogen mixed with helium in the form of solid, liquid and gas. Jupiter, encircled by at least 63 natural satellites and a series of thin rings, is similar to a miniature solar system.

Jupiter (a.k.a. Jove; Greek Zeus) was the King of the Gods, the ruler of Olympus and the patron of the Roman state. 63satelites

Due to its prominence in the sky, the Romans named the planet for their chief god, Jupiter. 4 large moons the moons of Jupiter: Adrastea, Amalthea, Ananke, Callisto, Carme, Elara, Europa, Ganymede, Himalia, Io, Leda, Lysithea, Metis, Pasiphae, Sinope, and Thebe

Europa (astronomy), large moon of the planet Jupiter that scientists suspect may have an ocean under its icy surface.

Callisto (astronomy), large satellite of the planet Jupiter. Callisto is spherical and is the third-largest moon in the solar system.

Ganymede (astronomy), satellite of the planet Jupiter and the largest moon in the solar system.

Second largest planet Has a cloudy atmosphere of methane and ammonia Has a low density Believed to be made loosely packed snow and ice Has magnetic system of rings Has a very spectacular ring

In Roman mythology, Saturn is the god of agriculture. Saturn has 53 named satellites

As seen from Earth, Saturn appears as a yellowish objectone of the brightest in the night sky. Saturn has at least 60 moons.

the moons of Saturn: Atlas, Calypso, Dione, Enceladus, Epimetheus, Helene, Hyperion, Iapetus, Janus, Mimas, Pan, Pandora, Phoebe, Prometheus, Rhea, Telesto, Tethys, and Titan

 The five larger inner satellites 1. Mimas, 2. Enceladus 3. Tethys 4. Dione 5. Rhea are roughly spherical in shape and composed

mostly of water ice.

Third largest planet Has very low density Has a system of rings Its atmosphere is made up of hydrogen and methane First planet that is discover Uranus was the first planet discovered by using a telescope.

Uranus is named after the god of the heavens in Greek and Roman mythology. Astronomers have identified 13 rings of debris encircling Uranuss equator. 27 moons of planet uranus

the moons of Uranus: Ariel, Belinda, Bianca, Caliban, Cordelia, Cressida, Desdemona, Despina, Juliet, Miranda, Oberon, Ophelia, Portia, Puck, Rosalind, Sycorax, Titania, and Umbriel

Appears a pale green/blue green planet due to methane in its atmosphere Atmospheric gases include hydrogen methane and ethane Twins of Uranus Neptune has four rings and 13 known moons. The planet is named after the sea god Neptune in Roman mythology.

In Roman mythology Neptune (Greek: Poseidon) was the god of the Sea. Neptune has 13 known moons; 7 small named ones and Triton plus four discovered in 2002 and one discovered in 2003.

the moons of Neptune: Galatea, Larissa, Naiad, Nereid, Proteus, Thalassa, and Triton. Astronomers identified four rings of debris encircling Neptunes equator.

In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades) is the god of the underworld. Outermost planet

Its composition is 74% water ice, 21% rocks, 5% methane ice Its atmosphere is thin methane gas Pluto was named after the god of the underworld in Roman mythology. Charon is the moon of the pluto