Terrestrial Planet Cruise
Take a trip to Mercury, Venus, and Mars!
Mercury
- 35.98 million miles away from Sun
- smallest of the 8 planets
- diameter of 4880 km
- rotation period of 59 days
- orbits sun in 88 days
- almost no atmosphere
- daytime temperatures up to 840 degrees Fahrenheit
Venus
- 67.24 million miles away from Sun
- diameter is 95% of Earth's
- mass is 82% of Earth's
- orbit is located closest to Earth
- orbital period of 225 days
- rotation of 243 days
- rotates clockwise unlike the rest of the planets
- rocky terrain, calm winds
- atmosphere of 96% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen
Mars
- 141.6 million miles from Sun
- diameter of about half of Earth's
- density of 3.93 that of water
- orbital period of 176 days
- rotation period of 24 hours and 37 minutes
- equator is tilted 25.2 degrees from it's orbital plane