Solar System Trading Cards

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Solar System Trading Cards

• By Brett

Picture took from http//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
docs/StarChild/universe_level2/universe.html
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Table of Contents

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto

Picture took fromhttp//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/d
ocs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/sun.html
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Mercury

• Diameter is 3,031 miles.
• Rotation period is 58.7 days.
• Has 0 moons.
• 57,960,000km away from the Sun.
• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
• 400C

Picture took fromhttp//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/d
ocs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/mercury.html
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Venus
A cloudy planet

• Diameter is 7,520 miles.
• Rotation period is 243 days.
• Has 0 moons.
• 107,870,000km away from the Sun.
• Venus has clouds on its surface.
• 484C

Picture took from http//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/pvo_venus.html
Neptune also has clouds
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Earth

• Diameter is 7926 miles.
• Rotation period is 23 hours and 56 minutes.
• Has 1 moon.
• 149,730,000km away from the Sun.
• Satellites orbit the earth.
• It is the only planet known to have water.
• 100C

Picture took from http//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/earth.html
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Mars
Sometimes Mars is called the red planet because
it has red dirt on its surface.

• Diameter is 4,217 miles.
• Rotation period is 24.6 hours.
• Has 2 moons.
• 225,400,000km away from the sun.
• Mars is the closest inner planet to the asteroid
  belt.
• 143 to -17C

Picture took fromhttp//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/d
ocs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/mars_image.html
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Jupiter

• Diameter is 88,846 miles.
• Rotation period is 9.8 hours.
• Has 60 moons.
• 779,240,000km away from the Sun.
• Jupiter is the nearest outer planet to the
  asteroid belt.
• -153C

If you could stand on Jupiter you would be
crushed by gravity.
Picture took fromhttp//www.the-solar-system.net/
help
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Saturn

• Diameter is 74,900 miles.
• Rotation period is 10.7 hours.
• Has 31 moons.
• 1,428,070,000km from the Sun.
• Has rings.-185C

Picture took from http//www.nineplanets.org/janu
s.html
Janus, 1 of Saturns moons.
Picture took from http//www.nasm.si.edu/research
/ceps/etp/saturn/
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Uranus

• Diameter is 31,763 miles.
• Rotation period is 17.2 hours.
• Has 21 moons.
• 173,880,000,000km away from the Sun.
• Uranus is tilted on its side.
• -220C

Picture took from http//www.nasm.si.edu/research
/ceps/etp/uranus/
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Neptune

• Diameter is 30,775 miles.
• Rotation period is 16.1 hours.
• Has 11 moons.
• 334,880,000,000km away from the Sun.
• Neptune has clouds on its surface.
• -220C

Picture took from http//www.nasm.si.edu/research
/ceps/etp/neptune/
Clouds
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Pluto

• Diameter is 1,450 miles.
• Rotation period is 6.4 days.
• Has 1 moon.
• 494,270,000,000km away from the Sun.
• Pluto is the farthest planet from the Sun.
• -236C

Picture took fromhttp//kids.nineplanets.org/plut
o.htm
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Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
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