10 Amazing Facts About The Planets
Take a tour of our solar system neighborhood!
There are 8 planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Jupiter is the biggest β about 1,300 Earths could fit inside it!
Saturn would float! It is lighter than water, so in a giant bathtub it would bob like a beach ball.
A day on Venus is longer than its year β it spins that slowly!
Mars has the tallest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons β nearly 3 times taller than Mount Everest!
Neptune has the fastest winds β up to 2,000 km/h, faster than a jet plane!
Mercury is the fastest planet, racing around the Sun in just 88 days.
The Sun holds 99.8% of all the mass in the solar system β everything else is crumbs!
Uranus spins on its side, like a ball rolling around the Sun.
Earth is the only planet known to have life β and the only one with liquid water oceans!