Planetary Factoids Flashcards by Matt Clarin | Brainscape

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Mercury

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Fastest orbiting Planet

Day = 800 F and night = 280 f

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Venus

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More Volcanos than any other planet

Rotates in the opposite direction from Earth

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Earth

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Only plant that has life living on it

Only plant that has liquid water

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Mars

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Experiences violent red dust storms

Second smallest planet in the solar system

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Jupiter

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Has a giant red spot from a storm system

More than 1,300 Earth could fit inside of it

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Saturn

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Strong winds of over 500 mph

Lightest planet made of Hydrogen and helium

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Uranus

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Axis of rotation is tilted 90 degrees

The coldest planet in our solar system

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Neptune

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A large water planet and has faint rings

Suffers the most violent weather in our solar system

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A large water planet and has faint rings

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Neptune

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Suffers the most violent weather in our solar system

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Neptune

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The coldest planet in our solar system

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Uranus

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Axis of rotation is tilted 90 degrees

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Uranus

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Fastest orbiting Planet

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Mercury

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Day = 800 F and night = 280 f

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Mercury

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More Volcanos than any other planet

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Venus

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Rotates in the opposite direction from Earth

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Venus

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Only plant that has life living on it

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Earth

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Only plant that has liquid water

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Earth

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Experiences violent red dust storms

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Mars

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Second smallest planet in the solar system

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Mars

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Has a giant red spot from a storm system

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Jupiter

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More than 1,300 Earth could fit inside of it

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Jupiter

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Strong winds of over 500 mph

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Saturn

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Lightest planet made of Hydrogen and helium

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Saturn