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Mercury
Distance from the sun:
69,817,445 km
Orbit period:
88 days
Temperature:
-173 to 427 °C
Mass:
0.055 X Earth
Gravity:
3.7 m/s²
Surface Area:
74,797,000 km²
Moons:
0
Fun Fact:
Its low atmosphere has caused it to become the most meteor-touched planet in our solar system.
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Venus
Distance from the sun:
108,942,780 km
Orbit period:
225 days
Temperature:
462 °C
Mass:
0.815 X Earth
Gravity:
8.87 m/s²
Surface Area:
460,234,317 km²
Moons:
0
Fun Fact:
Venus rotates opposite of every other planet in the solar system and no one knows why.
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Earth
Distance from the sun:
152,098,233 km
Orbit period:
365 days
Temperature:
-88 to 58 °C
Mass:
5.9722 X 10
24
Gravity:
9.81 m/s²
Surface Area:
510,064,472 km²
Moons:
1
Fun Fact:
Earth is the only planet
known
to contain life.
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Mars
Distance from the sun:
249,232,432 km
Orbit period:
687 days
Temperature:
-87 to -5 °C
Mass:
0.107 Earth
Gravity:
3.71 m/s²
Surface Area:
144,371,391 km²
Moons:
2
Fun Fact:
Like Earth, Mars has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons and weather.
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Jupiter
Distance from the sun:
816,001,807 km
Orbit period:
4,333 days
Temperature:
-148 °C
Mass:
318.828 X Earth
Gravity:
24.79 m/s²
Surface Area:
61,418,738,571 km²
Moons:
50
Fun Fact:
The Great Red Spot - a massive storm on the surface of Jupiter - has raged for hundreds of years.
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Saturn
Distance from the sun:
1,503,509,229 km
Orbit period:
10,756 days
Temperature:
-178 °C
Mass:
95.161 X Earth
Gravity:
10.4 m/s²
Surface Area:
42,612,133,285 km²
Moons:
53
Fun Fact:
Saturn is surrounded by thousands of ringlets composed of chunks of ice and rock.
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Uranus
Distance from the sun:
3,006,318,143 km
Orbit period:
30,687 days
Temperature:
-216 °C
Mass:
14.536 X Earth
Gravity:
8.87 m/s²
Surface Area:
8,083,079,690 km²
Moons:
27
Fun Fact:
Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at right angles to its orbit. This may have been caused by a large collision.
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Neptune
Distance from the sun:
4,537,039,826 km
Orbit period:
60,190 days
Temperature:
-214 °C
Mass:
17.148 X Earth
Gravity:
11.15 m/s²
Surface Area:
7,618,272,763 km²
Moons:
13
Fun Fact:
Winds on Neptune reach almost 1700 km/hour.
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