Planet Comparisons by https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f en-us 2020-03-11 17:14:15 UTC 2020-03-11 17:51:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Mercury goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458557813 2020-03-11 17:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458557813 Venus goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458557877 2020-03-11 17:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458557877 Earth goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458557953 2020-03-11 17:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458557953 Mars goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458558024 2020-03-11 17:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458558024 Jupiter goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458559729 2020-03-11 17:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458559729 Saturn goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458559820 2020-03-11 17:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458559820 Uranus goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458559896 2020-03-11 17:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458559896 Neptune goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458560034 2020-03-11 17:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458560034 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458562501
  • Mercury is the closest planet to the sun 
  • It not only shrank in its past but is continuing to shrink today
  • Perihelion (closest approach to sun): 28,580,000 miles (46,000,000 km)
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  • the climate of Venus may been similar to Earth
  •  Venus rotate in the opposite direction to other planets.
  •  Most other planets rotate counter-clockwise on their axis, however Venus, like Uranus, rotates clockwise. This is known as a retrograde rotation

    • ]]>     2020-03-11 17:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458563721     goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458564508 2020-03-11 17:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458564508 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458565920 2020-03-11 17:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458565920 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567054 The Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing
    The Earth was once believed to be the center of the universe
    The Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System]]>     2020-03-11 17:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567054     goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567214 2020-03-11 17:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567214 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567413 2020-03-11 17:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567413 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567694 Mars and Earth have approximately the same landmass
    Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system
    Only 18 missions to Mars have been successful]]>     2020-03-11 17:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567694     goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567949 2020-03-11 17:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458567949 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458568236 2020-03-11 17:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458568236 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458569813 The names of the inner moons of Jupiter are Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe.
    Galilean moons.

    Jupiter has the shortest day of the eight planets

    One orbit of the Sun takes Jupiter 11.86 Earth years. This means that when viewed from Earth, the planet appears to move very slowly in the sky.
    ]]>     2020-03-11 17:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458569813     goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458569962 2020-03-11 17:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458569962 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458570241 2020-03-11 17:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458570241 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458570756 2020-03-11 17:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458570756 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458570996 2020-03-11 17:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458570996 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458571201 It is composed mostly of water ice and rock. Its frozen surface has lakes of liquid methane and landscapes covered with frozen nitrogen. 

    Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen

    Saturn’s upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds


    ]]>     2020-03-11 17:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458571201     goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458572530 Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System

    A Season on Uranus lasts one long day – 42 years

    Uranus was the first planet discovered after the invention of the telescope.]]>     2020-03-11 17:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458572530     goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458574363 2020-03-11 17:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458574363 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458574583 2020-03-11 17:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458574583 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458575830 Neptune is the Smallest of the Gas Giants

    Neptune's Surface Gravity is Almost Earth-like

    The water-ammonia ocean serves as the planet's mantle, and contains more than ten times the mass of Earth]]>     2020-03-11 17:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458575830     goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458576275 2020-03-11 17:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458576275 goldyc https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458576958 2020-03-11 17:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/goldyc/ejiwbd2nv45f/wish/458576958