The Earth may be the only planet where people can live, but it shouldn't prevent us from exploring the other planets in the universe. In this presentation, we listed an interesting fact for each planet in our solar system.
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4. Mercury
Temperature can reach
800°C in the daytime and
drop to -180°C at night.
Mean radius: 2,439.7 km
Number of moons: 0
One day: 59 Earth days
One year: 88 Earth days
5. Venus
Venus spins backwards. This
means that the sun rises in
the west and sets in the east
on the planet.
Mean radius: 6,051.8 km
Number of moons: 0
One day: 243 Earth days
One year: 225 Earth days
6. Earth is also an ocean
planet: 70% of the
Earth's surface is
covered by oceans.
Earth
Mean radius: 6,371.00 km
Number of moons: 1
One day: 24 hours or 1 day
One year: 365 days
7. Mars
Mars is known as the Red
Planet. It is easily distinguished
by its reddish color because of
the presence of iron minerals in
its soil.
Mean radius: 3,389.5 km
Number of moons: 2
One day: 1.03 Earth Day
One year: 687 Earth days
8. Jupiter
Jupiter has a Great Red Spot, a
storm much bigger than earth.
The storm has existed for
hundreds of years.
Mean radius: 69,911 km
Number of moons: 67
One day: 10 hours
One year: 12 Earth years
9. Saturn
Saturn has the lowest density
among all planets. It is so light
it would float on a super
gigantic bathtub.
10. Uranus
Uranus is blue because the methane in
its atmosphere absorbs red light and
scatters blue light, creating a blue-
green haze that covers the planet’s
interior.
Mean radius: 25,362 km
Number of moons: 27
One day: 17 hours
One year: 84 Earth years
11. Neptune
Neptune’s largest moon, Triton,
orbits the planet following a
direction opposite to the rest of
the moons.
Mean radius: 24,622 km
Number of moons: 14
One day: 16 hours
One year: 165 Earth years
14. Earth
(6,371 km)
Uranus
(25,362 km)
400% the size of Earth
Neptune
(24,622 km)
388% the size of Earth
Saturn
(58,232 km)
945% the size of Earth
Jupiter
(69,911 km)
1,120% the size of Earth
Size
15. Length of day
243 Earth Days
59 Earth Days
1.03 Earth Days
1 Day
17 Hours
16 Hours
10.7 Hours
10 Hours
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
16. Number of moons
(known and awaiting confirmation)
Venus - 0
Mercury - 0
Mars - 2
Earth - 2
17. Neptune - 13
Uranus - 27
Saturn - 62
Jupiter - 63
Number of moons
(known and awaiting confirmation)
18. “When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you
feel that you are not just from any particular
piece of land, but from the solar system.”
Kalpana Chawla
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