The Sun
- The sun is a yellow dwarf star
- 4.5 billion-year-old star
- Its gravity holds the solar system together
- The Sun's core is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit
- Unique Fact
- Everything in our solar system revovles around the sun. All 9 planets, all the dwarf planets, asteriods, and comets. But did you know millions of suns (stars) have their own solar systems and are moving in a large circle in the Milky Way?
mercury
- Major Moons:
- 0
- Confirmed moons:
- 0
- Rotation:
- 59 days
- Revolutions:
- 88 days
- Unique Fact:
- Mercury has no atmosphere.
venus
- Major Moons:
- 0
- Confirmed moons:
- 0
- Rotation:
- 116 days
- Revolutions:
- 225 days
- Unique Fact:
- Venus rotates on its axis backward.
earth
- Major Moons:
- 1
- Confirmed moons:
- 1
- Rotation:
- 24 hours
- Revolutions:
- 365 days
- Unique Fact:
- Only known planet with intelligent life.
mars
- Major Moons:
- 2
- Confirmed moons:
- 2
- Rotation:
- 24.6 hours
- Revolutions:
- 687 days
- Unique Fact:
- Mars has ice, and is thought to have been a living planet similar to Earth.
jupiter
- Major Moons:
- 4
- Confirmed moons:
- 79
- Rotation:
- 10h 55m
- Revolutions:
- 11.86 years
- Unique Fact:
- How can Jupiter's rotation be 10 hours? Figuring out Jupiter's rotation is complicated because it rotates at different speeds at different denisities. The 10 hours is the speed of the core.
saturn
- Major Moons:
- 2
- Confirmed moons:
- 82
- Rotation:
- 10h 40m
- Revolutions:
- 29.46 years
- Unique Fact:
- Saturn has thousands of rings. It is made of asteriods, dust, and other space matter.
uranus
- Major Moons:
- 1
- Confirmed moons:
- 27
- Rotation:
- 17h 14m
- Revolutions:
- 84 years
- Unique Fact:
- Uranus' axis is at 98° and rotates clockwise while every other planet (except Venus) rotates counter-clockwise.
neptune
- Major Moons:
- 1
- Confirmed moons:
- 14
- Rotation:
- 18.5 hours
- Revolutions:
- 164.8 years
- Unique Fact:
- Neptune has extreme temperatures and high pressure. Because of this, scientists believe Neptune makes diamonds (compressed carbon) in the clouds; creating diamond rain.
pluto
- Major Moons:
- 1
- Confirmed moons:
- 5
- Rotation:
- 6 days
- Revolutions:
- 248 years
- Unique Fact:
- Pluto is the smallest planet and on a slightly different plane than the other planets. As such it is a contraversial planet, offically being a dwarf planet, though it doesn't fully match those requirements either.