Outer Planets

* Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto*Dwarf Planet)

* Jupiter-Largest Planet
* Has a storm called the Great Red Spot that is larger
than Earth
* Has many moons
* Giant gas planet
* 1 day=10 hours
* 5th Planet from the Sun
Saturn
* 6th planet from the Sun
* Has rings made of ice, dust, & rocks
* Gas Giant
* Has many moons and one of its moons is the 2nd
largest in the Solar System
Uranus
* 7th Planet from the Sun
* 3rd largest planet in the Solar System
* Only planet to spin on its side
* 1 year=84 years on Uranus
* One pole gets hot weather from the sun while the other
pole is cold and dark

Neptune

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8th planet
Smallest of the gas giants
Has 13 moons
Has strange rings
Methane gas is what causes Neptunes Blue Color
Has a small core
The storm on Neptune is big enough to swallow the
Earth

Pluto
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Doesnt meet the same criteria as the other planets

Made from leftovers of the other planets
Got demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006
Frozen and dark
Has 5 moons that we know of right now
Covered in ice