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The Planets in the solaer system and retrograde motion

The Planets.....

Mecury

- Is the closest planet to the sun -Second Smallest in the solar system - The planets surface is scarred by thousands of craters which formed when the planets young core cooled and shrank - Mercury has a surface temperature that ranges from -180-430 degrees celcius becauses the gravity is to weak to hold an atmosphere.  -It takes 58.6 earth days to make a full rotation

Earth

- The earth is the third planet from the sun from the sun -Earth is the only known planet in the solar system to support life

Venus

- Venus is the second planet from the sun -It is a rocky sphere covered with dense yellowish clouds - Its atmosphere is composed mainly of carbon dioxide - Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system

<span style="color: #15c14b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Moon <span style="color: #15c14b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- The earths only natural satellite <span style="color: #15c14b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Emits no light of its own <span style="color: #15c14b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- The surface was created by a meteorite bombardment over 3.5 million years ago

Jupiter - Is the eighth from the sun -The first of the four gas giants -