EARTH AND SPACE

UNIT IV
TERRESTRIAL PLANETS/ Inner
planet/ core planets
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 EARTH
1 moon named Luna
Rotation: 23 hours and 56 min. (1 day)
Revolution: 365 and ¼ days (1 year)
leap year 366 days (4 years )
 Mars – Red Planet
it is named after the roman god of War
2 moons named: Phobos and Deimos
Rotation: 24 hours and 37 min.
Revolution: 687 days
highest volcano in solar system: Olympus Mons
 Jupiter
79 moons named:
Callisto
Io
Ganymede-largest moon in a solar system
Europa
Rotation: 9 hours 56 min.
Revolution:12 years
 Saturn
Saturn rings are made up of ice and ice
covered particles
moons: 62
Rotation: 10, 759 earth days
Revolution: 29 ½ years too finish 1
revolution
largest moon in planet Saturn : Titan
 Uranus
moons:21
Rotation:
1revolution :84 years
largest moon in planet Uranus : Titania
 Neptune
moons: 14
1 revolution : 165 years
biggest moon in planet Neptune: triton
windy or storm planet
has fastest wind in solar system
 QUIZ TOMORROW
3-21-2023 (Tuesday)