The Planets

THE PLANETS

Planet	Rank in Size	Period of Rotation in Days	Period of Revolution	Temperature on Sunlit side in Degree Celsius	Distance from Sun in Million Kilo Meters	Diameter in Kilo Meters	Density in GMS	Number of Satellites	Points to Remember
Mercury	8	58 Days 15 Hours 30 Minutes	88 Days	450	58	4,879	5.43	0	Nearest planet to the sun. Smallest planet in the solar system. Nick named as ‘Swift Planet’.
Venus	6	243 Days	225 Minutes	480	108	12,104	5.24	0	Known as ‘Morning Star’. Known as ‘Evening Star’. Hottest Planet. Nearest planet to the earth. Brightest Planet.
Earth	5	23  Hours 56 Seconds 4 Minutes	365 ¼ Days	17	149.6	12,742	5.51	1	Blue Planet and Water Planet are the other names. Rotates from West to East. Moon is the Satellite.
Mars	7	24 Hours 37 Seconds	687 Days	-30	228	6,779	3.93	2	Known as ‘Red Planet’ Phobos and Deimos are the Satellites.
Jupiter	1	9 Hours 55 Minutes 30 Seconds	12 Years	-150	778	139,822	1.33	67	Largest Planet in the Solar System. Known as ‘Giant Planet’.
Saturn	2	10 Hours 40 Seconds 24 Minutes	29Years	-170	1,434	116,464	0.69	62	Known as ‘Ringed Planet’. Rings made up of water ice.
Uranus	3	17 Hours 14 Minutes	84 Years	-200	2,871	49,244	1.27	27	Known as ‘Ice Giant’
Neptune	4	16 Hours 6 Minutes	165 Years	-210	4,495	50,724	1.64	14	Known as ‘Big Blue Planet’. Coldest Planet. Farthest Planet.