All the Planets

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All the Planets

Neptune

Thin ring system

Ice particles

Outermost panet

Third most massive

Composition and atonmshpere

Darker blue colour

Uranus

Methane Gas

Absorbs red light

Reflects blue - green light

Colour is distinctive because of this

Compositions

Ring System

Dust and ice

One of Gas Giants

Saturn

Composed

Hydrogen and some helium

Rings surrond it

from tiny specks to the size of a house

250,000 km wide

Jupitar

Rings surronding it

ice particles

Very thin

Great red spot

Large as three Earths

storm in the clouds

Hydrogen and helium

Form outer layers and atomsphere

visible more then 300 years

from Earth

Largest Planet

2.5 times larger

all planets combined

Mars

Wind is extremely powerful

Dust storms

Can cover whole planet

last for weeks

900km/h

Canyon

8km deep

over 3300km expansion

Has a Volcana

Three times higher than Mount Everest

Also known as

Red Planet

Iron in its surface

Rocks gives it a rusty colour

Earth

Only place known for

Three phases

Liquid, solid, and gas

Suitable atmosphere and temperature

Atmosphere mostly contains

Nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapour

For Life to survive

Home

only life that scientists have discovered so far

Venus

Data collected on Venus

Large flat areas

Lava flows

Volcanoes

cracks or rifts

Sulfur mixes in with moisture

Venus's atomsphere

Contains

Carbon dioxide and nitrogen

Rains down sulphuric acid

Also called acid rain

Features

Not visible from Earth

shrouded in thick clouds

Earth's Sister

Size and Composition Similar to Earth

Mercury

Extreme Heating and Freezing

Results Temperature Difference

Causing the Rock to Expand and Contract

Forming Immense Cracks in Mercury's Surface

No Atomsphere

Huge Differences Between Day and Night

Surface Temperatures

Rocky Ball Covered in Craters

Slightly Larger than Moon

Smallest Planet