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    This document provides information about the eight planets in our solar system including their rotation times, revolution periods, number of moons, and some key facts. It lists that Mercury rotates every 58.6 days and revolves around the sun every 88 days with no moons. Venus rotates every 243 days and revolves every 225 days with no moons. Earth rotates every 23 hours and 56 minutes, revolves every 365 days with 1 moon.

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    Facts about all 8 planets appropriate for 6th grade astronomy

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    This document provides information about the eight planets in our solar system including their rotation times, revolution periods, number of moons, and some key facts. It lists that Mercury rotates every 58.6 days and revolves around the sun every 88 days with no moons. Venus rotates every 243 days and revolves every 225 days with no moons. Earth rotates every 23 hours and 56 minutes, revolves every 365 days with 1 moon.

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    Planet Study Guide Planet Rotation Revolution Moons Facts: Mercury

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    This document provides information about the eight planets in our solar system including their rotation times, revolution periods, number of moons, and some key facts. It lists that Mercury rotates every 58.6 days and revolves around the sun every 88 days with no moons. Venus rotates every 243 days and revolves every 225 days with no moons. Earth rotates every 23 hours and 56 minutes, revolves every 365 days with 1 moon.

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    Planet

    Rotation

    Planet Study Guide


    Revolution Moons Facts

    Mercury

    58.6 days

    88 days

    0 moons

    Venus

    243 days

    225 days

    0 moons

    Earth

    23 hours 56 minutes

    365 days

    1 moon

    Mars

    24 hours 37 minutes

    687 days

    2 moons

    Jupiter

    9 hours and 55
    minutes
    10 hours and 40
    minutes
    17 hours 24 minutes

    12 years

    63 moons

    No atmosphere which
    means the
    temperatures changes
    are extremely drastic
    between day and
    night
    Hottest planet
    The rotation is longer
    than the revolution.
    Only planet with
    water in the form of a
    solid, liquid, and gas.
    Reddish planet with
    ice caps at the poles.
    Largest Planet
    Great Red Spot

    29.5 years

    52+ moons

    Most complex rings


    Low Density Planet

    84 years

    27 moons

    Tilted Sideways
    Rings orbit from Pole
    to Pole
    Methane makes it
    blue
    Dark colored storms
    Methane makes it
    blue

    Saturn
    Uranus

    Neptune

    17 hours 24 minutes

    165 years

    13 moons

    Planet Study Guide

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