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| Uranus and Neptune | "twins" same size, mass, temp, bluish, gas giants |
| Venus and Earth | "twins" same mass, density, diameter,inner planets, different atmospheric pressure |
| longest day | "Venus" 243 Earth days |
| shortest day | Jupiter 10 hours |
| order of planets from sun | Mercury, Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto |
| order of size small to large | Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Saturn Jupiter |
| retrograde rotation (east to west) | Venus and Uranus |
| Greenhouse Effect | Venus has no ozone layer, clouds trap heat, we are heading for the same heat problem on Earth due to burning of fossil fuels |
| Inner Planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, small, rocky and metallic, few moons, most gases burned off |
| Gas Giants | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, large, hydrogen, helium, and methane gases, many moons, all with rings |
| Pluto | not in group, small, least massive, made of ice, may be an escaped moon |
| 3 Theories beyond Pluto (planet X) | possible 10th planet, possible brown dwarf star, possible black hole |
| Red planet | Mars |
| Olympus Mons | Mars |
| speedy messenger of Gods | Mercury |
| Galilean moons | Jupiter |
| Great Red spot | Jupiter |
| most rings | Saturn |
| most moons | Saturn |
| ring of greenish blue | Uranus |
| day longer than a year | Venus |
| named for God of war | Mars |
| Pathfinder/Sojourner explored here | Mars |
| 2 moons Phobos and Demos | Mars |
| tilted 90 degrees | Uranus |
| Mathemetician's planet | Neptune and Pluto |
| planet like a star | Jupiter |
| called double planet | Pluto |
| asteroid belt | between Mars and Jupiter |
| Ort cloud | beyond Pluto, edge of solar system, comets start here |
| Terrestial Planets | inner planets rocky |
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