Closest planet to the Sun
Mercury
This planet appears red due to rust
What is Mars?
Largest planet in the solar system
Jupiter
Planet famous for its rings
Saturn
70% of this planet is covered in water
Earth
Takes this many Earth days to orbit the Sun
88 days
Mars has these two moons
What are Phobos and Deimos?
Scientist credited with documenting Jupiter in 1610
Galileo Galilei
Saturn is this number planet from the Sun
sixth
This planet is blue due to methane
Neptune
Smallest planet in the solar system
Mercury
It takes sunlight this long to travel from the Sun to Mars
13 minutes
You could fit about this many Earths inside Jupiter
What is about 1,000 Earths?
Saturn’s rings are mainly made of this
Ice and Water
Uranus rotates on its side at this angle
98 degrees
NASA spacecraft that mapped Mercury
What is called The Messenger
Time it takes Mars to rotate on its axis
24.6 hours
Storm on Jupiter that has lasted over 300 years
What is the Great Red Spot?
Saturn’s magnetic field is extremely ___
aligned/symmetric
Percentage of Earth’s water that is fresh
What is 3%
Temperature range on Mercury
About -280F to 800F
Mars tilt causes this
What are seasons
NASA probe launched in 2011 to study Jupiter
What is Juno?
Thickness of Saturn’s rings
What is about 10 meters
Neptune was discovered in this year
1846