9 planets of the solar system

7/28/2019 9 Planets of the Solar System

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MY- M FOR MERCURY VERY- V FOR VENUS

EDUCATED- E FOR EARTH MOTHER M FOR MARS JUST- J FOR JUPITER SHOWS- S FOR SATURN

US U FOR URANIUS NINE N FOR NAPTUNE PLANETS- P FOR PLUTO


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MERCURY


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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 andcrisscrossed by ridges and cliffs

Has a thin atmosphere of helium Smallest in the inner planets


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Mercury has a global magnetic field, but only atrace of an atmosphere and no moons of itsown.

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.


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


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VENUS


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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


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The planet was named for Venus, the Roman goddess ofbeauty.Venus (Greek: Aphrodite; Babylonian: Ishtar) is thegoddess 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 westat sunset.

In ancient times the evening star was called Hesperusand the morning star Phosphorus, Eosphoros, orLucifer.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/venus.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/venus.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aphrodite.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aphrodite.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/venus.html


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EARTH


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Only habitable planet Earths orbital path is not quite a perfect

circle but instead is slightly elliptical(oval-shaped). Earth is the fifth largest planet in the solar

system. Earth has one natural satellite, the Moon..


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MARS


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Earths closest celestial neighbor Called the red planet Has a thin atmosphere

Has floating clouds, violent storms and white polarcaps made chiefly of CO2

Has no ozone on its atmosphere Has also full of vass planes, largest volcano in the

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Mars (Greek: Ares) is the god of War Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos,

which are named after the sons of the Romangod Mars.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mars.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/ares.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/ares.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mars.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mars.html


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JUPITER


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Biggest planet Fastest rotating planet Surface gravity is 2.6 times that of the earths

Considered as a huge ball of hydrogen mixedwith 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.


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Jupiter (a.k.a. Jove; Greek Zeus) was the Kingof the Gods, the ruler of Olympus and the

patron of the Roman state. 63satelites
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/j/jupiter.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/z/zeus.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/z/zeus.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/j/jupiter.html


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Due to its prominence in the sky, the Romansnamed 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


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Europa (astronomy), large moon of theplanet Jupiter that scientists suspect may

have an ocean under its icy surface.


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Callisto (astronomy), large satellite of theplanet Jupiter.

Callisto is spherical and is the third-largestmoon in the solar system.


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Ganymede (astronomy), satellite of theplanet Jupiter and the largest moon in the

solar system.


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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


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In Roman mythology, Saturn is the god ofagriculture.

Saturn has 53 named satellites
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/pdfs/mythology_saturn.pdfhttp://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/pdfs/mythology_saturn.pdf


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As seen from Earth, Saturn appears as ayellowish objectone of the brightest in the

night sky. Saturn has at least 60 moons.


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the moons of Saturn: Atlas, Calypso, Dione,Enceladus, Epimetheus, Helene, Hyperion,

Iapetus, Janus, Mimas, Pan, Pandora,Phoebe, Prometheus, Rhea, Telesto, Tethys,and Titan


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The five larger inner satellites1. Mimas,2. Enceladus

3. Tethys4. Dione5. Rhea are roughly spherical in shape and composed

mostly of water ice.


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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.


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Uranus is named after the god of the heavens inGreek and Roman mythology.

Astronomers have identified 13 rings of debrisencircling Uranuss equator. 27 moons of planet uranus


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the moons of Uranus: Ariel, Belinda, Bianca,Caliban, Cordelia, Cressida, Desdemona,

Despina, Juliet, Miranda, Oberon, Ophelia,Portia, Puck, Rosalind, Sycorax, Titania, andUmbriel


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Appears a pale green/blue green planet due tomethane in its atmosphere

Atmospheric gases include hydrogen methane andethane

Twins of Uranus Neptune has four rings and 13 known moons. The planet is named after the sea god Neptune in

Roman mythology.


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In Roman mythology Neptune (Greek:Poseidon) was the god of the Sea.

Neptune has 13 known moons; 7 small namedones and Triton plus four discovered in 2002and one discovered in 2003.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/neptune.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/poseidon.htmlhttp://nineplanets.org/triton.htmlhttp://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/pr0303.htmlhttp://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/iaucneptune.htmlhttp://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/iaucneptune.htmlhttp://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/pr0303.htmlhttp://nineplanets.org/triton.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/poseidon.htmlhttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/neptune.html


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the moons of Neptune: Galatea, Larissa,Naiad, Nereid, Proteus, Thalassa, and Triton.

Astronomers identified four rings of debrisencircling Neptunes equator.


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In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades) is

the god of the underworld. Outermost planet
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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

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