Solar System Trading Cards

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Solar System Trading Cards

• By Paige

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Table Of Contents

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

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Mercury

• The diameter of Mercury is 4,880 kilometers.
• Mercurys rotation period is 57,910,000
  kilometers.
• Mercury has zero moons.
• The distance from the Sun is 57.91 million
  kilometers.
• The temperature on Mercury is 400 degrees C.
• Mercury travels around the sun faster than any of
  the other planets.
• Meteorites and asteroids have hit Mercury.

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Venus

• The diameter of Venus is 12,103.6 kilometers.
• The rotation period is 108,200,000 kilometers.
• Venus has zero moons.
• The distance from the sun is 108,021 million
  kilometers.
• The temperature on Venus is 864 degrees F.
• Venus rotates in the oppisite direction of all
  the other planets.
• Venus has been hit by many meteorites and
  asteroids.

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Earth

• The Earths diameter is 12,756.3 kilometers.
• The rotation period is 149,600,000.
• We have one moon.
• The distance from the sun is 150 million
  kilometer.
• The temperature of Earth is 100 degrees F.
• 70 percent of the Earth is water and 30 percent
  is land.
• Earths atmosphere is made of many gasses but
  mostly nitrogen and oxygen.

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Mars

• The diameter of Mars is 6,792.
• The rotation period of Mars is 227,940,000
  kilometers.
• Mars has 2 moons.
• The distance from the sun is 228 million
  kilometers.
• The temperature on Mars is -125 to 23 degrees F.
• Mars has poles at the top and bottom just like
  Earth.
• Mars has been hit by meteorites and asteroids.

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Jupiter

• The diameter of Jupiter is 142,984 kilometers.
• The rotation period is 778,330,000 kilometers.
• Jupiter has 58 moons.
• The distance from the sun is 778.3 million
  kilometers.
• The temperature on Jupiter is 123 degrees F.
• Jupiter is a gas planet and there are large bolts
  of lightning in its atmosphere.
• The largest swirling area of gas on Jupiter is
  The Great Red Spot.

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Saturn

• The diameter of Saturn is 120,536 kilometers.
• The rotation period is 1,429,400,000.
• Saturn has 31 moons.
• The distance from the sun is 1,429.39 million
  kilometers.
• The temperature of Saturn is -288 degrees F.
• Saturn is a gas planet and it is known for its
  rings.
• Saturns atmosphere can blow winds at 1,800
  kilometers per hour.

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Uranus

• The diameter of Uranus is 51,118 kilometers.
• The rotation period is 2,870,990,000 kilometers.
• Uranus has 21 moons.
• The distance from the sun is 2,875 million
  kilometers.
• Uranuss temperature is -357 degrees F.
• Uranuss atmosphere is made up of hydrogen,
  helium and methane.
• It is 1.7 billion miles away from Earth.

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Neptune

• The diameter of Neptune is 49,532 kilometers.
• The rotation period is 4,504,000,000 kilometers
• Neptune has 11 moons.
• The distance from the sun is 4,504 million
  kilometers.
• The temperature is -353 degrees F.
• The atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium and
  methane.
• The winds in its atmosphere blow 2,000 kilometers
  per hour.

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Sun

• The sun has 8 planets.
• The distance from Earth is 92,955,820 miles
• The diameter is 864,400 kilometers.
• The sun is 4.6 billion years old.
• The light travels to Earth in 9 minutes.
• On the surface we see storms called sun spots.
• The temperature on the surface is 10,000 degrees
  F.

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