Facts about the planets in the universe

Mercury:
1.Mercury is the closest to the Sun
2. Mercury is a small planet that rotates close to the sun than any other planets in the solar system.
3. Mercury is the hottest planet in the solar system and in the universe.
4. Mercury has ice on this planet.
5.Mercury has a magnetic field.

Venus:
1. It is the second planet to the sun
2. It’s similar to earth.
3. In astronomy mythology Venus was a Roman goddess of love and beauty. In Greek her name was Aphrodite.
4. Venus has long been misunderstood out of all the inner planets.
5. Venus is like a sister to Earth because it is very similar.

Earth:
1. Earth is the only planet that has life and also land.
2. Earth is the third planet from the sun.
3.Earth has only one moon.
4. In astronomy mythology, her Greek name was known as Gaea. She was the God of mountains, valley’s, streams and other land formations. She was married to Uranus.
5. Earth is the biggest out of the terrestrial planets.

Mars:
1. Mars has big volcanoes.
2. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun
3. Mars has 2 moons.
4. Mars was the Roman god of war and agriculture.
5. In Greek Mars was known as Ares.

Jupiter
1. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun
2. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the universe.
3. Jupiter has the  coldest  atmosphere in the solar system.

Saturn:
1. Saturn is a gas giant
2. Saturn has rings made of gas.
3. Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to become king of the gods, but was then overthrown himself by his son Jupiter.

Uranus
1. Uranus wasn’t discovered until 1986 close up.
2. Uranus has 25 moons.
3. Uranus in Greek mythology is known as the lord of skies and husband of Earth.He was also the king of the Gods until he got over thrown by his son Saturn.

Neptune
1. Neptune is the smallest out of all the other gas giant’s in our solar system.
2. Neptune was discovered by a man named Johann Galle and also Heinrich D'Arrest in 1864
3.At first, Neptune was only the god of water, but later on this was extended to include the sea when he became associated with the Greek god Poseidon.

Pluto:
1.Pluto was thought to be the god to whom all men must eventually go. Romans believed him to be the god of the underworld. In Greek mythology, he is known as Hades.
2. Pluto is the smallest planet and also the last planet ordered from the sun.
3. Pluto is classified as dwarf planet in the solar system which means it doesn’t exists.