Fun Facts About Planets

Me - Here are some facts about planets.

Earth - Earth is the only planet not named after a God.

Mars - A year on Mars is 687 earth days.

Saturn - Saturn is the only planet less dense than water.

Venus - Venus is the brighest object in the sky except for the sun and moon.


Mom - Here are some more facts about planets:

Mercury- Mercury has the most extreme temperature variation of any planet in the solar system.

Jupiter -Jupiter has more than 50 moons.

Uranus- Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system

Neptune - It takes Neptune 164.8 Earth years to orbit the sun.


And those are the facts. What fun facts about planets do you know?

Tune in tomorrow for Tips for Tuesday.

Photo credits
Photo credit 1: Pascal Rey Photographies _DSC8868_v2_Xr_v1, a shot from my new trip in the galaxy via photopin (license)
Photo credit 2: Kevin M. Gill Mars - January 23 2016 via photopin (license)
photo credit 3: Kevin M. Gill Saturn - July 23 2008 via photopin (license)
photo credit 4: Wolfram Burner Transit of Venus early on via photopin (license)
photo credit 5: Guilherme Sampaio de Melo Transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016. via photopin (license)
photo credit 6: Hubble Space Telescope / ESA Jupiter's swirling colourful clouds via photopin (license)
photo credit 7: sjrankin Uranus in True and False Color via photopin (license)
photo credit 8: Kevin M. Gill Neptune - August 24 1989 via photopin (license)