Characteristics of Planets

Mercury

• Heavily cratered
• Contains lava-filled basins
• Contains highlands
• Has surfaces similar to the Moon's

Venus

• Backward spinning
• Similar is size to the Earth
• Has clouds of sulphuric acid
• Surface pressure 90 times that of the Earth's
• It is a simillar size to the Earth
• A surface area of 470 degrees celcius
• Has a dense atmosphere containing carbon dioxide; preventing infrared radiation from…