The 9 Planets? Or The 8 Planets? By Miss O.

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Mercury Closest planet to the Sun Its year is only 88 days long, so it’s the fastest moving planet in the solar system Named after the “speedy messenger” of the gods

Venus Second closest planet to the sun Covered with thick clouds, which trap the heat from escaping  the hottest planet Volcanic ridges on the surface

Earth 3rd planet from the Sun Only known planet to have life Atmosphere and liquid water Moderate temperatures

Mars 4th planet from the Sun Known as the “red planet”  named after the god of war High iron content in the soil Thin atmosphere Polar caps appear to be covered with ice

Jupiter 5th planet from the sun Largest in the solar system (named after the king of the ancient Roman gods) Gas giant (made of gas with small, solid cores) Great Red Spot = a giant storm

Saturn 6th planet from the sun No surface to walk on, because it is a gas giant Dazzling set of rings made from thousands of individual little bands called ringlets 1 orbit (1 day on Saturn) = 29 Earth days Violent wind storms like Jupiter

Uranus 7th planet from the sun Tipped on its side and rotates on its side Also has rings Also a gas giant

Neptune 8th planet from the sun Named after the Roman god of the sea Smallest of the gas giants Wildest weather winds blow at 1,200 miles an hour Great Dark Spot  violent hurricane-type storm

Pluto 9th planet from the sun? (76 years) Dwarf planet (2006) Large moon, Charon Pluto travels in an egg-shaped orbit around the Sun, sometimes crossing inside the orbit of Neptune to temporarily become the ninth planet again

Eris Dwarf planet (16 miles long by 10 miles wide) Coldest, most distant planet in our solar system Discovered in 2005 Moon = Dysnomia