World Geography                             solar system

Mercury-solar system it has thin atmosphere. Closest planet to the sun. Thin atmosphere extreme temperature .

Venus -Toxic atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide hottest surface temperature in solar system . Second planet from the sun.

Earth – Third planet from the sun. Known clestial body to support life abundant water and protective atmosphere.

Mars – Second smallest planet in the solar system .
Diameter -6, 779km
Gravity – 3.71m/s²
Atmosphere -Thin carbon dioxide with traces with nitrogen and argon .
Temperature – Average -63 degree c

Ceres -Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Diameter: About 940 km
Composition: A mix of rock and ice
Gravity: Much weaker than Earth’s
Atmosphere – very thin.

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in our solar system.
Key Facts about Jupiter:
Diameter: 139,820 km
Mass: 318 times Earth’s mass
Atmosphere – Great red sports

Saturn – the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the solar system.
Diameter: About 120,536 km
Mass: 95 times the mass of Earth
Distance from the Sun – 1.4 billion km
Orbital Period – About 29.5 Earth years
Day Length -About 10.7 Earth hours

Uranus -The seventh planet from the Sun and the third-largest in our solar system.
Diameter: About 50,724 km (4 times Earth’s diameter)
Mass-14.5 times the mass of Earth
Distance from the Sun – 2.9 billion km (19.2 AU)
Orbital Period – About 84 Earth years
Day Length – About 17.2 Earth hours

Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in our solar system.
Diameter: About 49,244 km
Mass: 17 times the mass of Earth
Distance from the Sun – 4.5 billion km (30 AU)
Orbital Period – About 165 Earth years
Day Length: About 16 hours

Pluto -ninth planet from the Sun, but in 2006, the International Astronomical Union . reclassified it as a dwarf planet due to its inability to clear its orbit of other objects.
Diameter: About 2,377 km (about 18.5% of Earth’s diameter)
Mass: 0.0022 times the mass of Earth
Distance from the Sun: On average, about 5.9 billion km
Orbital Period: About 248 Earth years
Day Length: About 6.4 Earth days.

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