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Give a brief explanation of the planets.

      

Outline the characteristics of planets.

  

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Martin
Mercury

- Nearest from the sun
-Its 58 m km from the sun
- Has no satellites
- Takes approximately 88 earth days to revolve around the sun

Venus

- 2nd planet from the sun
- It’s 108m km from the sun
- One of the brightest planets
- Can be seen clearly with naked eyes
- Takes approximately 225 earth days to revolve around the sun
- Slightly smaller than the earth
- Has no satellites
- Together with the earth they are called twin planets due to having many similarities

Earth

-The 3rd planet from the sun
- The earth and the heavenly bodies make the universe
- The only planet that supports life
- The home of man
- Approximately 149m km from the sun
- Takes 365 ¼ days to revolve around the sun
- Has one satellite, the moon

Mars

- Also called The Red Planet because when it’s observed through a telescope it appears reddish.
- The 4th from the sun
- Slightly smaller than the earth
- Approximately 228m km from the sun
- Takes 687 earth days to revolve around the sun
- Between Mass and Jupiter there are small celestial bodies called planetoids.
- Has no satellite.

Jupiter

- 5th planet from the sun
- Approximately 778m km from the sun
- Largest in the universe
- Rotates on its own axis at very fast speed
- Has flattened poles due to its fast speed of rotation
- Has very thick layers of ice on its surface
- takes 12 earth years to revolve around the sun
- Has 16 satellites

Saturn

-6th planet from the sun
- Second largest planet
- Approximately 1427m km from the sun
- Takes 29 ½ earth years to revolve around the sun
- Has a ring around it
- Has 18 satellites

Uranus

- 7th planet from the sun
- About 4 times bigger than the earth
- Approximately 2870m km from the sun
- Also rotates very fast
- Also has flattened poles due to fast speed of rotation
- It appears greenish foe being surrounded by methane gas
- Has 8 satellites
- Takes 84 earth years to revolve around the sun

Neptune

- One of the farthest from the sun
- 8th planet from the sun
- Approximately 4497 m km from the sun
- Has 8 satellites
- Approximately 5900 m km from the sun

Pluto

- 9th planet from the earth

- Farthest from the sun

- The smallest

- 1/6 the size of the earth

- Approximately 5900 m km from the sun
marto answered the question on March 22, 2019 at 06:11


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