Chapter selection One...The sun Two...Mercury Three...Venus [im going to skip earth] Four...Mars Five...Jupiter Six...Saturn Seven...Uranus Eight… Neptune Planet size comparance

Earth SUN! The sun is a giant fireball floating around in space. It provides light and heat for us living things. In a few billion years it will become a red giant and swallow the rocky/inner planets, but that's a long way away. Fact, sunspots can last for thousands of years. Click here Click here to select another planet.

Mercury Earth Mercury is a lot smaller than earth as you can see. A part of Mercury is very smooth, as for the rest is covered in craters. Mercury will be the first to be swallowed by the sun. Click here Click here to select another planet. Mercury is the smallest planet. P.S. Pluto is a dwarf planet.

Venus Earth Venus is a very simular size and shape to Earth, but has lots and lots of volcanoes. It is the hottest planet in the solar system. Fact, Venus is the hottest planet because the clouds trap the suns heat. Click here Click here to select another planet.

Mars Earth In winter Mars has ice caps at its poles. No astronaut has ever been on Mars. Mars is a very very cold planet if you think its hot. Fact, it would take about 2 years to get to Mars. Click here Click here to select another planet.

Jupiter Earth Click here Click here to select another planet. Jupiter is the largest actual planet. It has a gigantic storm bigger than earth called the great red spot. Jupiter has one ring. Fact, the great red spot is 1,000 years old. Cartoon version of Jupiter

Saturn Earth Saturn has many, many rings. Those rings are made dust rock and ice which could be from the size of a pebble to a large house. Saturn is a bit smaller than Jupiter so about 850 Earths could fit inside Saturn. Fact, Saturn turns so fast that it bulges at its equator. Click here Click here to select another planet.

Uranus Earth Uranus does have rings but in this photo you can`t see them and, Uranus tilts on its side because, well astronomers think that once a huge asteroid hit the planet knocked it so that`s the story. Uranus is covered in methane and nitrogen. Fact, Uranus gets its aqua colour from all the methane nitrogen and ice. Click here Click here to select another planet. Axis

Neptune Earth Neptune is the smallest gas planet. It has at least 20 rings. Neptune is a very cold planet. The dark spots on Neptune are believed to be huge storms. Fact, Neptune has storms over 2000 kmh! Click here Click here to go to select another planet or, click here to go to the last page.

Comparing planets size. Asteroid belt Inner planets Gas giants [no dwarf planets] Kuiper belt press