13. What do the planets look like up close? What is the color and appearance of each planet? (A K2S Question)

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Mercury looks like our Moon. Venus is always cloud-covered. Mars mostly looks like a red desert. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are giant gas planets. Pluto may be a large ball of ice.


Answer provided by Ed Frederick, Ph.D.


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer