Space Exploration

This week we learned about the universe. This is a information blog of which planets are which. The planet that is closest to the sun is Mercury. It is named Mercury because Mercury was the messenger of the gods and was very fast. Mercury the planet is also very fast. It takes Mercury eighty days to orbit the sun. That is the shortest year in the solar system. The next planet is Venus. Venus is the same size as Earth. Venus used to have water but too much carbon dioxide got in the air, held onto heat, and made all the water evaporate. Earth is the planet we live on and in my last blog I told you so I don’t have to tell you anything about it. Mars. Mars is the god of war. The Romans named it because it has that bloody look. Mars is like the moon. It, long ago, got scar by asteroids and meteorites. The next planet is Jupiter. Jupiter is one of the gas giants. The red spot on it is a humongous hurricane that has been raging for hundreds of years. Jupiter is bigger than all of the planets combined. The next planet is Saturn. Saturn is also one of the gas giants. The ring around it looks solid but it is not. It is really a bunch of gas. The next planet is Uranus. Uranus is the god of the sky's. It is also a gas giant. It has many moons. The next planet is Neptune. Neptune and Uranus are sister planets. And Pluto isn't a planet any more. So there you have it, the secrets to the solar [means sun] system.