By Anthony Laudani

Mercury has no moons.

One year on Mercury is 88 days.

Mercury has 1,407 hours in a Earth-day.

Venus is about as big as Earth.

It takes 244 days on Venus for a year.

Venus was named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Earth is the only planet that can support life.

Earth is a ball of rock and almost covered by oceans.

Earth isn’t too hot or too cold.

Mars has 2 moons. A year on Mars is

687 days. Mars was named

for the Roman god of war.

Jupiter has about 62 moons.

A year on Jupiter is 12 Earth-years.

Jupiter is twice as large as all the planets together.

Saturn has about 61 moons.

Saturn is called a gas giant.

A year on Saturn is about 30 Earth-years.

Uranus rotates differently than the other planets.

Uranus has 5 big moons and 10 small ones.

A thick haze covers Uranus.

Neptune has 4 or more rings.

Sometimes Neptune is the last planet in the Solar System.

Neptune has faint rings.

Pluto has 1moon, Charon, which is about the same size of Pluto.

Pluto’s surface is made up of frozen nitrogen.

Sometimes Pluto has atmosphere.