MERCURY
AND VENUS
ALL ABOUT
MERCURY!!
Smallest planet in our
Solar System
ORBITAL PERIOD: 88 Days
Closest to the sun DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: 58 M
km
Fastest planet in Solar
RADIUS: 2,439.7 km
System GRAVITY: 3.7 m/s²
Rocky planet MASS:3.285 x 10²³ kg
SURFACE AREA: 74.8 M km²
Tough place for life
ALL ABOUT
MERCURY!!
Can’t breath there. Its
atmosphere is composed
of O , Na, H , He, and K
2 2
No moons
Ringless
Big sun. 3x larger than in
Earth
ROBOTIC VISITORS
VENUS ON THE GO…
Second planet
Also called as earth’s twin
because of its size and mass ORBITAL PERIOD: 225 Days
Hottest planet DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: 108.2
M km
Rotates clockwise RADIUS: 6,051.8 km
There are yellow clouds GRAVITY: 8.87 m/s²
MASS:3.285 x 10²³ kg
High pressure
SURFACE AREA: 460.2 M km²
You can see at night
The life is unknown
VENUS ON THE GO…
Named after a Roman Goddess,
goddess of love and beauty
The first observed trough a
telescope
There are Craters
There are over 1,600 volcanoes
Its atmosphere in composed of
CO , H SO , High Pressure,
2 2 4
Clouds
There is no Water
There are Erosion
READY FOR
QUIZ?
TRUE OR FALSE: WRITE TRUE IF THE
STATEMENT IS TRUE AND WRITE FALSE IF IT IS
NOT.
1. Mercury has craters
2. Mercury is the fastest planet in Solar
System
3. The planet Venus has 2,439.7 km radius
4.The planet Venus rotates counterclockwise
5. Both of them, mercury and venus, are
named after a Roman Goddess
MULTUPLE CHOICE: WRITE THE
LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER.
a. Mercury b. Venus c. None of the above
1. The atmosphere of this planet is composed
of O , Na, H , He, and K
2 2
2. The life in this planet is unknown.
3. It is also called as Earth’s twin
4. It’s mass is 8.266 x 10²³ kg
5. Its surface area is 74.8 M km²
