1. Planets Mrs.Spearman My’Esha

2. Sun • The sun is very hot. It is very, very big. The sun is created of burning gases, and has very hot rays. • The sun is not a planet. • All planets revolve around the sun.

3. Mercury • Mercury is 27 million miles from the sun. • It has a lot of craters. • It is the second smallest planet.

4. Venus • Venus is 67.2 (108.2 km.) million miles from the sun. • It is the hottest planet. • It is called the morning star or the evening star.

5. Earth • Earth is 93 (149.6 km.) million miles from the sun. • The period of revolution around the sun is 365.26 days. • The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate around the sun.

6. Mars • Mars is 141.6(227.9 km.)million miles from the sun. • It is called the red planet. • It has a very large volcano on it.

7. Jupiter • Jupiter is 483.6 (778.3 km.)million miles from the sun. • It is the largest planet. • It is made of gas.

8. Saturn • Saturn is 886.7(142.0 km.) million miles from the sun. • It has rings made of chunks of ice.

9. Uranus • Uranus is 1,784.0 (2871.0) millions miles from the sun. • It is covered with clouds. • It has 22 moons.

10. Neptune • Neptune is 2,794.4(4,497.1km) million miles from the sun. • It is a very cold planet. • You can only see it with a telescope.

11. Pluto • Pluto is 3,674.5 (5,913 km.) million miles from the sun. • It is the smallest planet. • It is very, very cold.

12. To learn more about planets, visit this site. Be sure to play the games on the site to test what you’ve learned! • http://www.promotega.org/vsu05033/