Mercury
- Mercury is the closest planet to the sun,
and is also the smallest planet in the solar system.
- Mercury has the most craters in the solar system.
- Mercury has the shortest orbit time among all the planets.
Venus
- Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.
- Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise on its axis.
- Venus's surface is sometimes reffered as a "hellscape".
Earth
- Earth is the only planet that we know of that has life.
- Earth isn't perfectly shaped round.
- Earth is also called "The Blue Planet".
Mars
- Mars is also known as the "Red Planet".
- Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system.
- Mars is the only planet other than Earth that has polar ice caps.
Jupiter
- Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system.
- Eleven Earths can fit across Jupiter's equator.
- A Jupiter year is also called as a Jovian year.
Saturn
- Saturn is famous for it's beautiful rings.
- Saturn has a total of 82 moons.
- Nine Earths can fit across Saturn's equator.
Uranus
- Uranus rotates with a 97.77 degree tilt.
- Uranus is about four times wider than Earth.
- Uranus is an ice giant, made up of mostly icy materials.
- Belive it or not - Uranus has 13 known rings!
Neptune
- Neptune is the only planet in our solar system
that is not visible to the naked eye.
- Due to Pluto's elliptical orbit, Neptune is sometimes
further from the Sun than Pluto is.
- Neptune is the furthest planet form the Sun - after
Pluto got downgraded to a dwarf planet.