The Solar System By Jared

Sun The Sun is the closest star to Earth. The sun is four and a half thousand million years old.

Mercury Mercury is 1/3 the size of Earth. A day on Mercury is 58 Earth days.

Venus It is the second planet from the sun. Venus is the name of the Greek goddess of love.

Earth 70% of the surface of Earth is filled with water. Earth has 1 moon. The moons gravity effects the tide

Mars Mars has 2 moons named photos and Demos. The length of one year on mars is 687 Earth days.

Jupiter Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system. The planet Jupiter has 4 very faint rings.

Saturn Saturn has 33 moons. Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is bigger than mercury.

Uranus It takes 84 years to orbit the sun. It has at lest 27 moons.

Neptune Neptune has 13 moons. The temperature on Neptune is -369 degrees f.

Pluto Pluto has 3 moons named Chiron, Nix and Hydra. It takes 248 years to orbit the sun.