Printable – Space (Planet fact cards)

Planet Fact Cards

Name: Earth Position: 3rd from Sun Name: Mars Position: 4th from Sun

Position:

Terrestrial – Metal & Rock. Terrestrial – Rock.

15 ⁰C. -60 ⁰C.

Green, blue and white. Red.

One. Two.

24 hours. 24 hours and 40 minutes.

365 ¼ days. 687 Earth days.

149,599,951 km. 227,939,920 km.

•70% of the Earth’s surface is H20 •There are signs of water on Mars.
•Earth is the only planet not named after a god. •Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system.
•It is the only known planet to support life. •Mars takes its name from the Roman god of war.

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Name: Mercury Position: 1st from Sun Name: Venus Position: 2nd from Sun

Terrestrial – Rock and Iron. Terrestrial – Rock.

167⁰C. 462⁰C.
5 7 , 9 1 0 , 0 0 6 k m

Grey. Sandy yellow colour.

Zero. Zero.

1407 hours and 30mins. 2,802 hours.

88 days. 225 days.

57,910,006 km. 108,199,995 km.

•Smallest planet in our system. •Nearly as big as Earth.

•The most cratered planet in our system. •Most asteroids are crushed before they hit the surface by the huge
•Only two spacecraft have visited Mercury. atmospheric pressure (92x that of Earth’s).

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Name: Jupiter Position: 5th from Sun Name: Saturn Position: 6th from Sun

Gas giant Gas giant

-145⁰C (Approx). -178⁰C (Approx).

white, red, orange, brown & yellow. Yellow/brown.

Sixty-seven. Sixty-two.

9 hours and 56 minutes. 10 hours and 42 minutes.

4331 days. 10,756 days (Approx).

778,330,257 km. 1,429,400,028 km.

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•Jupiter has the shortest day of all planets – 9 hours & 55 minutes. •Saturn’s rings are made from chunks of ice about 20 metres thick.
•Jupiter takes 11.8 Earth years to orbit the Sun. •Galileo Galilei first observed Saturn’s ring system in 1610.

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Name: Uranus Position: 7th from Sun Name: Neptune Position: 8th from Sun

Ice giant. Ice giant.

-216⁰C (Approximately). -214⁰C (Approximately).

Blue and Green appearance. Blue.

Twenty-seven. Forteen.

17 hours and 14 minutes. 16 hours and 6 minutes.

30,687 days. 60,190 days (Approximately)

2,870,989,228 km. 4,504,299,579 km.

•Uranus has two sets of coloured •Named after the Roman god of
rings. the sea.
•Some of Uranus’ moons are named after characters created by •Because Neptune is particularly bright and is the furthest planet
William Shakespeare. away from the Sun, it wasn’t discovered until 1846.

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