Planets (geography)

The planets and their characteristics

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune

1) βˆ—βˆ—Mercuryβˆ—βˆ—**Mercury**:

< It is the smallest of the eight planets

< Strong magnetic field

2) βˆ—βˆ—Venusβˆ—βˆ—**Venus**:

< about the same size, mass and composition as Earth.

< Venus has the densest atmosphere of any body in the solar system.

< Due to the high temperature on the surface, liquid water is not possible on Venus

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3) βˆ—βˆ—Earthβˆ—βˆ—**Earth**:

< It is the largest of the four inner planets in both mass and volume

< The surface of the earth is 71% covered with water in the form of seas and oceans, the rest consists of continents and islands.

4) βˆ—βˆ—Marsβˆ—βˆ—**Mars**:

< Mars is called the red planet but is actually more ocher in color.

< Like the Moon's, the surface is dotted with impact craters in some places

5) βˆ—βˆ—Jupiterβˆ—βˆ—**Jupiter**:

< Like Saturn, Jupiter is a gas giant, so it does not have a solid surface

< The mass of Jupiter is 2.5 times that of all the other planets of the solar system combined.

< The planet has the strongest magnetic field of any planet in the solar system

6) βˆ—βˆ—Saturnβˆ—βˆ—**Saturn**:

< Saturn's atmosphere is over 96% hydrogen gas and just over 3% helium

< a gas giant

< It is the only planet in the solar system with a density less than water.

< rings

7) βˆ—βˆ—Uranusβˆ—βˆ—**Uranus**:

< Uranus has the coldest atmosphere in our solar system with a minimum temperature of -224 degrees Celsius

< Uranus' atmosphere is 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, and 2% methane

< Uranus is a gaseous planet with no solid surface

8) βˆ—βˆ—Neptuneβˆ—βˆ—**Neptune**:

< The core consists of (molten) metal and rock and is surrounded by a mantle of rock, water, ammonia and methane

< blue color

< It is 17 times the mass of Earth