Mercury Planet Research Paper

Saturn Many people like to compare earth to other planets. I think Saturn and Earth have their differences and similarities, this is for many reasons. One main reason is the differences in temperatures.

In the Solar System there is nine planets total counting Pluto and eight not counting pluto. Named after the Greek god of the underworld Pluto is the ninth of the nine planets from the sun. Pluto was discovered in February 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Plutos the only orbit planet in the Solar System after it was classified as an orbit planet back in 2006. The planet has nine moons total Charon, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos, and Styx. Although Pluto is the largest Dwarf Planet it's smaller than most moon of the other planets. Alongside Pluto is the eighth planet from the sun otherwise known as Neptune. Due to its blue coloration Neptune was named after the Roman god of the Sea. While neptunes the third largest planet with respect to mass, according to diameter it's the fourth largest. Neptune has 14 moons and a very thin collection of rings that are made up of ice and dust

Saturn is unique of all the planets, adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets and has 63 moons with confirmed orbits. Fifty-three of the moons have been named, with Titan being the largest and the only one with an atmosphere. Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium, much like the planet Jupiter.

This “Ice Giant” sure stands for its name as the 7th farthest planet from the Sun and its cold atmosphere brought about by the gases found here, hydrogen, helium and a little bit of methane. Uranus falls under the gas giant category along with neighbors Neptune and Saturn. This planet is composed of rock materials and various ices and is very similar to the cores of Saturn and Jupiter. Since the thick, blue-colored atmosphere covers the planet itself, scientists suggest that under the atmosphere is a hot, slushy ocean of water, ammonia, and methane thousands of mile deep right to a small, rocky core. Its blue color comes from the absorption of red light from the Sun by methane in the upper atmosphere but reflects blue light from the Sun back into space.

The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The inner planets are made of rock, and are solid. These are called terrestrial and are closer to the sun. The outer planets are made of gas, and are not solid. They are much farther from the sun.

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Like Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune, Saturn is a "gas giant". Inside Saturn is probably a core of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen compounds, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.[9] Saturn has 62 known moons orbiting the planet; 53 are officially named.[10] The largest moon is Titan, which is larger in volume than the planet Mercury.

​The closest planet, Mercury, is named after the god of commerce in Roman mythology. In Greek mythology, Mercury is Hermes. The planet got its name most likely as it is the closest planet to the sun and, therefore, makes its orbit around it the fastest.

Neptune is a fraction smaller than Uranus, it is ‘49,500 kilometres’. It only circles around the sun once every 165 years and rotates one hour quicker than Uranus- just 16 hours. Neptune has at least 14 moons in total, although it is not for certain as Neptune could have more moons. Neptune also has five rings, like the other three planets. It is 4.498 billion

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and is the second largest planet in our solar system, with a diameter of 116,464 km, which is an equivalent to 72,367 miles. Saturn is also one of the four gas giants and is believed to have no solid surface. Using several methods of testing, astronomers believe that Saturn is made up of 96% hydrogen, 3% helium, and 1% various elements including hydrogen deuteride, methane, ammonia, ethane, etc. Saturn’s atmosphere is composed of 75% hydrogen and 25% helium. Saturn also has dense clouds, and the upper layers of clouds are made up of ammonia and ice.

Saturn was named after a Greek God. Saturn has the most powerful weather on earth. Also it is the six planet from the sun. Saturn has no surface and you would freeze if you were on it. Saturn has hydrogen and helium that race around its axes destroying its shape.

Atmosphere of neptune has similarities to all the large planets in the solar system, but unlike the other gas planets in the solar system, its atmosphere has a bigger proportion of ices. The surface of neptune is one of the coldest planets in the solar system. At its surface the clouds of the planet touch space. The temperature of Neptune can dip down to -210 degrees C.

Name after a Roman deity : Mercury, the messenger to the gods. It is the first and the smallest planet in our Solar System, having a diameter of 4,879 km. It takes Mercury a total of 88 Earth days to complete one revolution around the sun.

Mercury, named after the Roman God of Thievery, Commerce, and Travel, is the first planet from the Sun. It is unique because it shows at both morning rise and evening set of the sun. It is rocky, heavily cratered, covered in boulders, and also pulverized dust. The majority of it's surface bears a strong resemblance to that of Earth's moon. It's lack of atmosphere causes wild temperature fluctuations. Temperatures can range from 90 kelvin to 700 kelvin thus creating a planet, from all observations, that cannot sustain life--it is geologically dead. Mercury also has a magnetic field generated by the planet's core that can deflect solar wind and which has a magnetosphere that changes. This was surprising for such a slow rotating planet--one that rotates completely every 88 Earth days.

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter is the only planet that is larger. The gas giant is 72 thousand miles in diameter, almost ten times the size of Earth. In spite of its huge size, though, Saturn weighs very little. It is a very light gas planet. Saturn is the least dense planet in the solar system-- so light, in fact, that it would float in water. This planet is mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter, but it is much less dense. The combination of its light weight and fast rotation causes Saturn to spread out, or oblate, its center. Since Saturn is a gas planet, it does not have a solid surface. Spacecraft are unable to land on this type of surface. The clouds that are seen when looking at Saturn are just the top layer of a very deep layer that covers a center of liquid hydrogen. The clouds are blown by constant winds that reach speeds up to one thousand miles per hour at the equator of the planet (“Great Space Place”).

Mercury which is the planet that is closest to the sun is the first planet I will discuss. Mercury is the smallest of the inner