THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
SIZE COMPARISON: MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS
VENUS
2012 “transit of Venus” in front of Sun
Surface of Venus
THE “GAS GIANTS”
SIZE COMPARISON: JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE
JUPITER – The largest planet
The “Great Red Spot”
The “Galilean Moons”
SATURN
Complex structureof rings
URANUS
Tipped on its side – kind of rolls along
NEPTUNE
The “Great Dark Spot”a huge storm
SIZE COMPARISON – all planets