6)+8+Planets+-+Ch.+3.2+&+3.3

=**__ C __**__ h 3.2 - Inner or Terrestrial Planets __= (rocky, smaller, less satellites, faster, warmer)


 * Mercury **
 * craters everywhere
 * smallest of the planets
 * fastest revolving planet
 * no natural satellites (moons)

** Venus **
 * **Earth's size twin**
 * **thick, toxic atmosphere**
 * **no moons**
 * ** rotates retrograde (opposite the other planets- clockwise) **


 * Earth **
 * ** size twin to Venus **
 * **only planet with life **
 * **only planet with liquid water **
 * ** 93 million miles from Sun **
 *  **one natural satellite, Moon, about 1/50th Earth's volume**

  ** Mars **
 * ** "the red planet" **
 * ** 2 moons: Phobos & Deimos **
 * ** polar ice caps **
 * ** thin atmosphere **

* * * * * * * Asteroid Belt * * * * * * * * * * *

= __Ch. 3.3 - Outer or Gas Giant Planets __ =

(Gaseous, large, more satellites, slower, cooler)

 **<span class="style_11" style="line-height: 16px;"> Jupiter **
 * **king of the planets (largest)**
 * **most moons**
 * **giant red storm spot**
 * **highest gravity**


 * <span class="style_11" style="line-height: 16px;"> Saturn **
 * ** second largest **
 * **solid icy dust rings**

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 * <span class="style_11" style="line-height: 16px;"> Uranus **
 * ** Neptune's size twin **
 * ** tipped over (rotates like a toilet paper roll) **
 * ** vertical gas rings **
 * **methane**

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 * <span class="style_11" style="line-height: 16px;"> Neptune **
 * ** Uranus' size twin **
 * ** icy blue planet **
 * ** methane **
 * **giant blue storm spot**

__**Diameter of the Planets**__

Planet Diameter in KM Mercury 4,880 Venus 12,104 Earth 12,756 Mars 6,794 Jupiter 142,984 Saturn 120,536 Uranus 51,118 Neptune 49,532 Pluto 2,274

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