Today Mr Rose came in to speak about the last few planets of the solar system. Here are a few more facts for you:

It takes 11 and a half Earth years for Jupiter to go around the sun.

Saturn takes 29 and a half years to go around the sun.

Uranus takes 84 years to go around the sun.

Neptune takes 165 Earth years to go around the sun.

You could fit all of the planets in the solar system in Jupiter.

The smallest star is the same size as 8 Jupiter’s.

It would take 1,000 Earths to fill Jupiter.

It would take 1,000,000 Earths to fill the sun.

1 day on Jupiter is 10 Earth hours

The Great Red spot on Jupiter is a tornado and you could squeeze 3 Earths into it!

Jupiter has 16 satellites and they are named after mythological creatures connected to Zeus.

Saturn has 18 satellites. The Satellite Titan creates a shadow on Saturn.

Uranus has 15 satellites and these are names after characters form Shakespeare.

Neptune has 8 satellites and are named after water goddesses