Page 53 - The Glory in the Heavens

Jupiter

around -238°C (-396°F). In winter,

when the temperature on Earth

dips below -2 or -3°C (28 or 26°F),

it becomes freezing. -238°C (-396°F) is
Earth
a temperature 100 times colder than a tempera-

ture we on Earth can hardly resist in wintertime. This

kind of cold would end our lives. From the outside,

Pluto looks like a ball covered in ice.

Advancing closer towards the sun, we meet

Neptune. This planet is also quite "cold"; its sur-

face temperature is about -218°C
(-360°F). Its atmosphere con-
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sists of gases poisonous to

human beings. This aside,

dreadful storms reaching up to

2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) per
Saturn
hour blow over its surface.

Moving a little further

towards the sun, in the middle of the cir-

cle, we meet Uranus. Uranus is the third
largest planet in the Solar System.
Venus
The temperature of its atmosphere

is about -214°C (-353°F), which means this

planet is cold enough to freeze us in only a

Mercury