1. Exploring the Eight Planets
Solar System
Exploring the Eight Planets
Part II: The Gas Giants

2. Jupiter -Fifth planet away from the sun
-Largest planet, twice the force of gravity as Earth
-Fastest rotation, 10 hours
-16+ moons, rings
-Moon Io, has active volcanoes
-Made up of gas and liquid, no solids
-Gives off it’s own heat
-Stormy planet, The Great Red Spot

3. Saturn -Sixth planet away from the sun -9 times the size of Earth
-11 hour rotation
-30+ moons, many rings
-Gaseous planet
-Could float in water! Least dense planet
-Cold, cloudy, stormy

4. Uranus -Seventh planet from the sun -21 moons, 11 rings
-Gaseous planet
-Core filled with diamonds!
-98 degree tilt on axis, rotates on side, because it was it by a meteor

5. Neptune -Eighth planet away from the sun
-Gaseous planet, much like Uranus
-Fastest winds in the solar system
-165 Earth years to orbit
-13 moons, rings
-Least explored planet, one space craft has visited
-Discovered by mathematical calculation, not telescope

6. Pluto?
Is considered a Dwarf Planet