2. Solar System 5 th Grade 2010-2011

3. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun, and the second largest planet. It orbits around the sun at 1,429,400,000 km.. The diameter of Saturn is 120,536 km.. The mass 5.68e26 kg.. Saturn

4. Venus The atmosphere of Venus is mostly made up of carbon dioxide. It take 225 Earth days to go around the sun. On Venus a day is long than its year. Venus is the second planet form the sun. It is the brightest planet. The length of a day at Venus is 117 earth days. Venus has no moons. There is no life an Venus because it is so hot and dry.

5. By: Tanner Bachman, Megan Studer, and Nicolas Owens Neptune was the Roman Mythological God of the sea and earthquakes, he was also called the earth-shaker! Neptune has a shorter day than Earth. One day on Neptune is 16 Earth hours Neptune has 8 mo0ns. Neptune is 2,829,691,160 miles from the sun.

6. Pluto is the smallest planet. It has not been visited by a spacecraft. Some people say it is not a planet because it is so far out. Pluto journeys around the sun. It takes 248 earth days. Pluto orbits beyond the orbit of Neptune. Pluto by: Jed, Ashlyn, and Autumn!

7. Trissa & Eric-Mercury Mercury goes around the world every 88 days. It travels through space at about 31 miles per second faster than any other planet. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.