planets

all inner planets have

rocky crusts, dense mantle layers, and very dense cores

mercury surface

surface is covered in craters

year on mercury

88 Earth Days (Shortest year)

temp. on mercury

400 C on sunlit side and -200 on dark side

venus surface

landscape dominated by volcanic features, faulting, and craters

year on venus

225 earth days

day on venus

243 Earth Days (longest day)

temp. on venus

475 C and is the hottest planet

mars surface

rusty surface with pink sky and is covered in rocks and craters

which planet holds the biggest volcano

mars (Olympus Mons)

year on mars

687 Earth days

day on mars

24 hrs 37 min

temp. on mars

25 C to -125 C

which planet once had flowing water

mars

gas giants

do not have solid surfaces, composed of light elements hydrogen and helium, have three-layered structure, have ring systems

jupiter

strongest magnetic field

year on jupiter

11.9 Earth years

Jupiter temperature

increases with depth

year on saturn

30 earth years

saturn temperature

increases with depth

year on uranus

84 earth years

temp on uranus

-200 C and increases with depth

uranus is

tipped almost completely over on its side

year on neptune

165 Earth Years (longest)

temp on neptune

-225 C

winds on neptune

2000 km/ hr

Planets with retrograde rotation

Venus and Uranus