Using the "Summary Table" you have filled in, plot the requested information on the following "Summary Graphs".   To do so, follow the steps:

• For the first graph (upper left hand corner), plot the mass of each planet versus its distance from the Sun.  To do so, you will have to decide how to mark each axis so that all of the planetary data will fit.  You must also decide how to express both the mass and the distance (may I suggest mass in comparison to the Earth, and distance in astronomical units?).  The goal is to see how mass varies as you move out in the Solar System.  Does the mass of a planet increase steadily, decrease steadily or clump in different regions of the Solar System?

• For the second graph (upper right hand corner), plot the radius of each planet versus its distance from the Sun.  To do so, you will have to decide how to mark each axis so that all of the planetary data will fit.  You must also decide how to express both the radius and the distance (again, may I suggest radius in comparison to the Earth, and distance in astronomical units?).  The goal is to see how radius varies as you move out in the Solar System.  Does the radius of a planet increase steadily, decrease steadily or clump in different regions of the Solar System?

• For the third graph (middle left hand corner), plot the density of each planet versus its distance from the Sun.  Again  you must also decide how to express both the density and the distance (may I suggest density in grams/cm3, and distance in astronomical units?).  Be sure all the data fit on the graph!  The goal is to see how density varies as you move out in the Solar System.

• For the fourth graph (middle right hand corner), plot the temperature of each planet versus its distance from the Sun.  Again, you must also decide how to express both the temperature and the distance, and be sure that all the planets fit on the graph.  The goal is to see how temperature varies as you move out in the Solar System.

• For the fifth graph (lower left hand corner), plot the orbital eccentricity of each planet versus its distance from the Sun.  Again, you must also decide how to express both the eccentricity and the distance, and be sure that all the planets fit on the graph.  The goal is to see how orbital eccentricity varies as you move out in the Solar System.

• Finally, for the fifth graph (lower right hand corner), plot the orbital inclination of each planet versus its distance from the Sun.   The goal is to see how orbital inclination varies as you move out in the Solar System.

After you have plotted the data, look it over and see what overall trends become apparent for planets in the Solar System.  With a little thought, you should begin to see patterns that need to be explained by theories of Solar System formation.