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
