I.D. Cards *The sun is made mostly of Sun Mercury*Mercury is the closest planet hydrogen & helium. to the sun and the 2nd hoCest. *The sun is 110+ 9mes bigger *Mercury is the 2nd densest than the Earth. planet. (Earth is the 1st.) *It takes 8 minutes for light to *Mercury has no moons or get to Earth. rings. Venus Earth *Venus is the 2nd planet from *Earth is the largest of the the sun and the 3rd brightest terrestrial planets. object in Earth’s sky. *It is the only planet not *Venus is the closest planet named aer a mythological to Earth. being. *70% is covered by water. I.D. Cards Mars Jupiter *Mars is called the Red *Jupiter has 67 moons. Planet. *It is the 4th brightest object *Mars has huge dust storms in our solar system. and polar ice caps. *Its Great Red Spot is an *Its moons are called Phobos enormous storm over 300 & Deimos. years old. Saturn Uranus *Saturn is the 2nd largest *Uranus was discovered in planet in our Solar System. 1781 by William Herschel. *Saturn has 150 moons. *It is the coldest planet in our *It is the flaest planet. solar system. *Saturn’s rings are mostly *Uranus has 13 rings. made of 9ny ice par9cles, dust and debris. I.D. Cards Neptune Pluto *It’s the 8th planet from the *Pluto is a dwarf planet and th sun. was once the 9 planet of the *Neptune has 14 moons and solar system. 3 major rings named Adams, *It has 5 moons and is smaller Le Verrier and Galle. than many moons. *Ceres was the 1Ceresst asteroid to *Earth’s only natural satellite. Moon be discovered in 1801. *The rise and fall of 9des on *It is the smallest dwarf the Earth are caused by the planet and the closest dwarf Moon. planet to the sun. *There are 8 phases of the moon. .