Solar System Overview

​Terrestrial: Planets that are Earth like. Inner Planets made of rock or have iron cores like Earth.

Mercury: 88 days; 42 million miles from the sun; no moons; temp: 800 F
Venus: 225 days; 66 million miles from the sun; no moons; temp: 900 F because thick atmosphere from carbon dioxide.
Earth: 365 days; 93 million miles from sun; 1 moon; hottest: 134 F
Mars: 687 days; 142 million miles from the sun; 2 moons: Phobos and Deimos

​Gas Giants: Outer Planets

Jupiter: 473 million miles from the Sun; 95 moons; the largest planet in our system.
Saturn: 894 million miles from the Sun; 146 moons; it has 7 distinct rings.
Uranus: 1.8 billion miles from the Sun; 28 moons; it rotates on it's side comparatively.
Neptune: 2.4 billion miles from the Sun; 16 moons; 1 year (rotation is 165 earth years.