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 * Source Citation:** "Earth." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * Source Citation:** "Mars." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * Source Citation:** "Red Spot on Jupiter." (Time Life Pictures/JPL/NASA/Getty Images.) //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * Source Citation:** "Saturn." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * Source Citation:** "Uranus." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits


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**Notes** ==== Include notes, statistics and facts that you will use to write your final paper. You may want to label sections of your notes to help you be more organized as you write. As you take notes from a source, you should list the source citation in the Works Cited section about. ==== Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. It has a reddish color. This is caused by red dust and rocks on its surface. Because of its color, Mars is called the Red Planet. Mars takes 687 Earth days to go around the Sun. A day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes. Mars is mostly made up of carbon dioxide. The average temperature is -81 degrees Fahrenheit (-63 degrees Celsius). Mars has two moons. They are called Deimos and Phobos. They were discovered in 1877 by an American || Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It can be seen without a telescope. It is named after the mightiest god in Roman mythology. Jupiter is made mostly of hydrogen and helium gases. There is also a lot methane and ammonia. The temperature is -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-128 degrees Celsius). This makes Jupiter colder than Earth's polar regions. Humans could not survive on Jupiter. Jupiter's diameter is approximately 87,000 miles (140,013 kilometers),. It is nearly 11 times larger than the diameter of Earth. Jupiter weighs more than 300 times as much as the Earth. || Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It is the second largest planet in the solar system. It is one of five planets that can be seen without a telescope. One day on Saturn is about 10.5 hours long. Saturn takes about 29.5 years to orbit the sun. Saturn looks like a bright, yellow star in the night sky. Inside it is made of rock and ice. Outside it is made of water and gas. Clouds of ice float around the planet. Thousands of rings circle the planet. Some of them are named for letters in the alphabet. They go from A to G. Rings A, B, and C are the largest. The rings are made up of ice, dust, and rock. The pieces can be as small as a grain of salt or as large as a house. Scientists think these pieces were once parts of comets or moons. Each ring moves at a different speed around the planet. || Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. In 1781 British astronomer William Herschel discovered it through his homemade telescope. Until //Voyager 2// flew past and took photos, little was known about the planet. One of the most unusual things about Uranus is that it is tipped on its side. Scientists think that at some point in its history, Uranus collided with a planet-sized body, causing it to tilt.
 * mercury : this planet is also the smallest planet in the solar system. || venus: the lue gray planet || earth:the planet with life on it || mars : the big red planet || jupiter || saturn || uranus || neptune ||
 * the closest planet to the sun: A year on mercury is only 88 earth days 1 day is only 58 eath days || this planet the second planet from the sun and is the brightest thing in the sky.venus rotates or turns different way from all other planets . strong winds blow clouds around venus the clouds are a yellow color and are made of acid there are always storms in these clouds. venuses land is made of cooled lava, it has many volcanoes and cracks, it also has craters. || Earth is the planet we live on. It is the third planet away from the Sun. It is the only planet known to have human life. Earth also has plants and animals. || Mars is one of the smallest planets in our solar system. But it is close enough to Earth that it is visible in the night sky without a telescope. Mars was named for the god of war in Roman mythology.

Structure of Uranus
Scientists believe that the core, or center, of Uranus is about the size of Earth or smaller and is possibly rocky. The rest of the planet may be made up mostly of water and ammonia. It is perhaps as deep as 6,000 miles (9,656 kilometers) and is sometimes called an ocean. Swirling around the planet are clouds of gases. Winds blow them as fast as 650 miles (1,046 kilometers) an hour. The atmosphere around Uranus is composed of helium, hydrogen, and methane gases. Methane gives Uranus its blue-green color. The temperature at the top of these clouds is about -328 degrees Fahrenheit (-200 degrees Celsius). Uranus is so far from the sun that it takes 84 years for it to make one orbit (or circle) around the sun. So for 42 years the South Pole has daylight, and the North Pole is dark. Then the North Pole has sunshine for the next 42 years, while the South Pole is dark. || Neptune is the fourth largest planet in our solar system. It has diameter of 30,760 miles (49,503 kilometers). It also has the third largest mass of any planet in our solar system. It is 17 times heavier than Earth. If the planet were hollow, it could hold nearly 60 Earths. Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea.

The Large Blue Planet
Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It is a gas giant composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. Large amounts of methane gas surround the planet, which causes Neptune to appear bluish in color. Ice particles in the upper clouds also scatter blue light. Neptune has only a small solid core, which is thought to be made of silicon, iron, and other metals. The planet's temperature is -350 degrees Fahrenheit (-212 Celsius). With winds blowing up to 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) per hour, Neptune has the strongest gusts of any planet. Neptune orbits the sun every 165 years. Earth orbits the sun every 365 days. Neptune has a shorter day than Earth. The time it takes a planet to spin on its axis makes up a d ay. A day on Neptune is 16 hours and 6.7 minutes long. A day on Earth is 24 hours. || Earth's atmosphere is 77 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen. There are also small amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, and water in the atmostphere. Earth takes 23.93 hours to rotate on its axis. Because it is tilted on its axis, the planet has four seasons during the year. These are summer, winter, autumn and spring. A year on Earth is 365.26 days. || The first spacecraft to visit Mars was //Mariner 4// in 1965. //Mars 2// was the first spacecraft to land on Mars in 1976. In 2004, the Mars Expedition Rovers landed on Mars and provided researchers with many clear photographs. || Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. It has the shortest day of any planet. A day on Jupiter is nine hours, 55 minutes, and 30 seconds long. It takes Jupiter nearly 12 years to travel around the sun. Jupiter has 63 moons. Italian astronomer Galileo (1564-1642) discovered the four larger ones with a small telescope in 1609. The planet's Great Red Spot has been visible for at least 400 years. It is a huge hurricane-like storm. Space probes, such as //Pioneer 10//, //Pioneer 11//, //Voyager 1//, and //Voyager 2//, have provided details about the planet. Researchers believe that Jupiter does not have a solid surface, but a rocky or icy core far below the clouds || Saturn looks like a bright, yellow star in the night sky. Inside it is made of rock and ice. Outside it is made of water and gas. Clouds of ice float around the planet. Thousands of rings circle the planet. Some of them are named for letters in the alphabet. They go from A to G. Rings A, B, and C are the largest. The rings are made up of ice, dust, and rock. The pieces can be as small as a grain of salt or as large as a house. Scientists think these pieces were once parts of comets or moons. Each ring moves at a different speed around the planet. || ===Moons of Uranus===
 * this planet was named after the roman messanger of the gods. || venus is called earths twin because they are the same size and is the closest planet to earth. || Earth is the fifth largest planet. It is 7,926 miles (12,756 km) in diameter.

For a long time, people knew of only five moons orbiting Uranus. Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon are the largest and most easily seen. Then //Voyager 2// discovered ten more. By the early 2000s, scientists had identified a total of 27. Titania is the largest moon; Ariel is the brightest. One of the most unusual of the moons is Miranda. It looks as if it was once torn apart and then put back together again, perhaps from the heat of an asteroid collision. Other scientists say it may have been caused by big chunks of ice that melted. Uranus has many cracks, or valleys, that are deeper than the earth's Grand Canyon.

Rings of Uranus
In 1977 Uranus passed in front of a star. Scientists who were watching noticed that the star flickered before and after the planet passed. That gave them the clue that Uranus had rings. Until 1986 only nine rings had been sighted. //Voyager 2// found two more and parts of other rings. In 2005 scientists saw two additional rings, much farther from the planet. They called these the outer rings, bringing the total number of rings to 13. The rings around Uranus are made mostly of large, black chunks that look like coal. These chunks are from 3 to 3,000 feet (1 to 914 meters) across. The rings are so dark, they cannot be seen from Earth except through a telescope. While the inner rings usually appear gray, one outer ring looks red, and the other is blue || Neptune is the fourth largest planet in our solar system. It has diameter of 30,760 miles (49,503 kilometers). It also has the third largest mass of any planet in our solar system. It is 17 times heavier than Earth. If the planet were hollow, it could hold nearly 60 Earths. Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea.

The Large Blue Planet
Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It is a gas giant composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. Large amounts of methane gas surround the planet, which causes Neptune to appear bluish in color. Ice particles in the upper clouds also scatter blue light. Neptune has only a small solid core, which is thought to be made of silicon, iron, and other metals. The planet's temperature is -350 degrees Fahrenheit (-212 Celsius). With winds blowing up to 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) per hour, Neptune has the strongest gusts of any planet. Neptune orbits the sun every 165 years. Earth orbits the sun every 365 days. Neptune has a shorter day than Earth. The time it takes a planet to spin on its axis makes up a d ay. A day on Neptune is 16 hours and 6.7 minutes long. A day on Earth is 24 hours. || The temperature on Earth ranges from -127 degrees Fahrenheit (-88 degrees Celsius) to 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius). The coldest recorded temperature was on the continent of Antarctica. The hottest recorded temperatures were on the continent of Africa. About 71 percent of Earth is covered with water. Without oceans, no one could live on Earth. The oceans give Earth its blue color when seen from space. Earth has only one moon. American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969. ||  || Jupiter's most famous feature is the Great Red Spot, an enormous high-pressure storm, like a hurricane. (Time Life Pictures/JPL/NASA/Getty Images.) Most of the moons are very small. Titan is Saturn's largest moon. It is the second largest moon in the solar system. ||  ||   ||
 * mercury is the fastest moving planet in the solar system.this planet is one of the hottest planets. || This planet is very hot and dry no plants or people could live here venus has gas in its sky and that gas is co2 this is what people and animals breath out, a year on venus is about 225 days long and 1 day on venus is about 117 days long on this planet the sun rises in the west not the east like earth || Earth takes 23.93 hours to rotate on its axis. Because it is tilted on its axis, the planet has four seasons during the year. These are summer, winter, autumn and spring. A year on Earth is 365.26 days.
 * Source Citation:** "Red Spot on Jupiter." (Time Life Pictures/JPL/NASA/Getty Images.) //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
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 * er:** BX2210089360 || Sixty moons orbit (go around) Saturn. Fifty-two of them have names. Three other possible moons were spotted in 2007.