All About The Planets

Term Paper Title	All About The Planets
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All About the Planets

Mercury:
Distance to the Sun- 57,900,000 km
Revolution- 88 days
Diameter- 4,878 km
Rate of rotation- 59 days
Moons- 0
Unique Features- It has a range of cliffs 100's of Kilometers long. Was once volcanic. It has changed little since it's formation.

Venus:
Distance to the Sun- 108,200,000 km
Revolution- 225 days
Diameter- 12,104 km
Rate of rotation- 243 days
Moons- 0
Unique Features- It's atmosphere provides an insolating effect, which keeps heat in. Its atmospheric pressure is 100 times that of Earth. In the past it may have had vas oceans and volcanoes.

Earth:
Distance to the Sun- 149,600,000 km
Revolution- 364.26 days
Diameter- 12,756 km
Rate of rotation- 23 hours 56 minutes
Moons-1
Unique Features- It is the only planet with life. One large body of land in the middle of the planet spread out to form smaller bodies of land. It is the only planet with oceans of water.

Mars:
Distance to the Sun- 227,900,000 km
Revolution- 687 days
Diameter- 6,796 km
Rate of rotation- 24 hours 37 minutes
Moons- 2
Unique Features- System of deep valleys cover the planet. The one range is called Valleys Marineris is 4,500 km long. Has volcanoes, the largest is called Olympus Mons which is three times higher than Mount Everest which is the highest point on Earth.
Jupiter:
Distance to the Sun- 778,300,000 km
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