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Overview of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It has unique cloud features like the Great Red Spot and eight spacecraft have visited it. Saturn is known for its extensive ring system and has been visited by four spacecraft. Uranus and Neptune are often called "ice giants" due to their composition and both have been flown by one spacecraft each.

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Overview of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It has unique cloud features like the Great Red Spot and eight spacecraft have visited it. Saturn is known for its extensive ring system and has been visited by four spacecraft. Uranus and Neptune are often called "ice giants" due to their composition and both have been flown by one spacecraft each.

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JUPITER PLANET

• Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the


solar system.
Jupiter has the shortest day of all the
planets.
Jupiter orbits the Sun once every 11.8
Earth years.
Jupiter has unique cloud features.
The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on
Jupiter.
Jupiter’s interior is made of rock, metal,
and hydrogen compounds.
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the largest
moon in the solar system.
Jupiter has a thin ring system.
Eight spacecraft have visited Jupiter.
SATURN PLANET
• Saturn can be seen with the naked eye.
Saturn orbits the Sun once every 29.4 Earth
years.
Saturn’s upper atmosphere is divided into
bands of clouds. SATURN
Saturn has oval-shaped storms similar to
Jupiter’s. PLANET
Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen.
Saturn has the most extensive rings in the
solar system.
• Saturn has 150 moons and smaller moonlets.
Titan is a moon with complex and dense
nitrogen-rich atmosphere.
Four spacecraft have visited Saturn.
URANUS PLANET
• Uranus turns on its axis once every 17 hours, 14
minutes.
• Uranus makes one trip around the Sun every 84
Earth years.
• Uranus is often referred to as an “ice giant” planet.
• Uranus hits the coldest temperatures of any planet.
Uranus has two sets of very thin dark coloured
rings.
• Uranus’ moons are named after characters
created by William Shakespeare and Alexander
Pope.
• Only one spacecraft has flown by Uranus.
NEPTUNE PLANET
• Neptune was not known to the ancients.
Neptune spins on its axis very rapidly.
• Neptune is the smallest of the ice giants.
The atmosphere of Neptune is made of
hydrogen and helium, with some methane.
• Neptune has a very active climate.
• Neptune has a very thin collection of rings.
• Neptune has 14 moons.
• Only one spacecraft has flown by Neptune.

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