Mercury

Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupitor
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

87.97 days
224.70 days
365.26 days
686.98 days
11.86 years
29.50 years
84.01 years
164.79 years
248.54 years

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Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupitor
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

87.97 days
224.70 days
365.26 days
686.98 days
11.86 years
29.50 years
84.01 years
164.79 years
248.54 years

The sun gets hotter as it gets closer to its centre

Helios 2

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NIGHT

Some facts about Venus

Some facts about Earth

Quran 25:54

Quran 21:30

Quran 24:45

Some facts about Mars

Some facts about Jupiter

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Some facts about Saturn

Some facts about Uranus

Some facts about Neptune

Some facts about Pluto

PLANET FACTS
Mercury

Fact 1:

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the fastest

moving planet in the Solar system.

Fact 2:

Mercury is a hot and rocky planet. During the day time

it is hotter than an oven, during the night time it is colder than a

freezer.
Fact 3: There are lots of craters on Mercury. Its surface looks
similar to the surface of our moon.
Fact 4: Mercury has no moons.

Venus
Fact 1:

Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is the

hottest planet in the Solar system.

Fact 2:

Venus is covered with fast-moving sulphuric acid clouds

that trap heat from the sun.

Fact 3: Venus turns slowly. Each day on Venus takes 243 Earth
days.
Fact 4: Venus has no moons.

Earth

Fact 1:

Earth is the third planet from the sun. It is the planet

we live on and the only planet in the Solar system that is known to
support life.
Fact 2:

Earth is the 5th largest planet in the Solar system.

Fact 3:

The earth is made up of 75% (three quarters) water.

This is the main reason why Earth can support life (See Quran).
Fact 4:

Earth has one moon.

Mars
Fact 1:

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Mars is red

because it is covered with rust (iron oxide). Rust forms when iron
mixes with small amounts of oxygen and water.
Fact 2:

Mars is a dry rocky planet with ice caps at its north and

south poles like Earth.

Fact 3:

The largest volcano in the solar system is on Mars. It is

called Mount Olympus. It is 17 miles tall and 320 miles wide.

Fact 4:

Mars has 2 tiny moons called Phobos and Deimus.

Jupiter

Fact 1:

Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet. It is mostly

made of gas and some liquids. There are no seasons on the planet
Jupiter.
Fact 2:

There is a large red spot on Jupiter. This is a raging

storm. The Earth is the same size as Jupiters red spot.

Fact 3:

Jupiter is so big that all the other planets could fit

inside it.
Fact 4:

Jupiter has 39 moons so far.

Saturn
Fact 1:

Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun. It is the 2nd

largest planet in our solar system. It has rings made of ice and
dust particles
Fact 2:

We can see Saturn with a telescope but we need a small

telescope to see its rings.

Fact 3:

Saturn looks like it has stripes because it is made of

different gases. Some of the gases do not mix and when Saturn
spins, high winds blow the gases into stripes.
Fact 4:

Saturn has 33 moons so far. Titan is the largest moon.

Uranus
Fact 1:

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It is a large,

icy planet covered in clouds. Uranus is blue because of the methane

gas in its atmosphere.
Fact 2:

Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar System.

Uranus has extreme seasons with extremely dark and cold years
followed by extremely hot years.
Fact 3:

Uranus has a thin belt of 11 rings made up of rock and

dust.
Fact 4:

Uranus has 22 known moons. Oberon is the largest moon.

Neptune
Fact 1:

Neptune is the 8th planet from the Sun. It is the 4th

largest planet in our solar system. Neptune is covered in clouds and

is blue because of Methane gas in its atmosphere.
Fact 2:

Neptune also has a storm much like Jupitor. Neptunes

storm is called its Great Dark Spot

Fact 3:

Neptune also has rings. These rings are made up of dark

rock and dust. One of the rings even has a twist in it.
Fact 4:
moon.

Neptune has 13 moons so far. Triton is the largest

Pluto
Fact 1:

Pluto is not really a planet. It is called a dwarf planet.

There are many dwarf planets in our Solar System. Pluto is smaller
than many of the moons in the Solar System, including our own
moon.
Fact 2:

Pluto is an extremely cold planet because it is so far

away from the sun. From Pluto the sun would look like a tiny dot in
the sky.
Fact 3:

Nobody really knows what Pluto is made of although

scientists think it is probably 70% rock and 30% water.

Fact 4:

Pluto has one large moon and two tiny moons.