Planet Rocky Distance Revolution Rotation Diameter Moons Rings Temperature Atmosphere or Gas from (year) (day) (mi) Sun (Earth (millions days or hours or of mi) years) days) Uranus Gas 1,800 84 years 17 hrs 31,000 27 Yes -360o F. Hydrogen Giant 34 min Helium Methane Very Neptune Gas 2,800 165 years 15 hrs 30,000 13 Yes -360o F. Hydrogen Giant 10 min faint Helium Methane Very Thick Classifying the Planets Rocky Planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars – Gas Giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Classical Planets (seen without a telescope) – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Modern Planets (seen with a telescope) – Uranus, Neptune – Inferior Planets (having an orbit between Earth and the Sun) Mercury, Venus Superior Planets (having an farther from the Sun than Earth) – Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Giant Planets (larger than Earth) - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune – Small Planets (smaller than Earth) Mercury, Venus, Mars
Planet Rocky or Gas Distance from Sun (millions of mi) Revolution (year) days or years) Rotation (day) (Earth hours or days) Diameter (mi) Moons Rings Temperature Atmosphere Uranus Gas Giant 1,800 84 years 17 hrs 34 min 31,000 27 Yes -360o F. Hydrogen Helium Methane Very Neptune Gas Giant 2,800 165 years 15 hrs 10 min 30,000 13 Yes faint -360o F. Hydrogen Helium Methane Very Thick Classifying the Planets Rocky Planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Gas Giants – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Classical Planets (seen without a telescope) – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Modern Planets (seen with a telescope) – Uranus, Neptune Inferior Planets (having an orbit between Earth and the Sun) – Mercury, Venus Superior Planets (having an farther from the Sun than Earth) – Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Giant Planets (larger than Earth) - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Small Planets (smaller than Earth) – Mercury, Venus, Mars
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