JUPITER, NEPTUNE,
AND OTHER OUTER
PLANETS
AMAL ALMASMARY
8D
3-12-15
VOCABULARY WORDS
● ORBIT- moving around the sun
● PLANET- an object in space that orbits around the
sun.
● MOON- an object that orbits a planet.
● ATMOSPHERE- a layer of gas that surrounds a
planet or star.
● ASTROID- a rocky object that orbits the sun, but not
big enough to be a planet.
● GRAVITY- a force that attracts all objects together.
WHAT ARE THE EIGHT PLANETS AND
WHAT IS THEIR ORDER?
● Jupiter, Neptune, and other outer planets.
● First 4: Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars.
● Last 4: Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.
How many days does it take the
gas giants to make one orbit?
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Jupiter=4332 days
Saturn=10759 days
Uranus= 30685 days
Neptune= 60189 days
What’s beyond Neptune?
● The Kuiper belt: objects like planets
● Pluto is a part of the Kuiper belt.
● Most known object in Kuiper belt: Pluto.
● Oort Cloud: giant cloud of comets.
What are Europa and
Ganymede?
● Both are moons of Jupiter.
● Europa is smallest of Jupiter’s moons.
● Also same size as Earth’s moon.
● Ganymede is the largest moon in Solar System.
What is the difference between
the inner and outer planets?
●Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
● Closest to the sun and is rocky, and have few
moons or no moons.
● Gas giants-Jupiter, Sarurn, Uranus, Neptune.
● Made mostly of gas.
● Have dozens of moons each.
Which planets have rings?
● 4 planets - Gas giants
● Rings around Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune are small,
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dark, hard to see.
Saturn, however, has clear rings, and has the
most spectacular rings.
Jupiter - March 1979
Uranus - 1977
Neptune - 1989
Do all planets have moons?
● Mercury, Venus - no moons
● Earth, Mars - 1 or 2 moons
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Gas Giants - dozens of moons
Jupiter - 50 known moons
Saturn - 53 known moons
Uranus - 27 known moons
Neptune - 13 known moons
How do the planets orbit?
● Farther from sun, slower the orbit.
● Sun isn’t in the middle.
● Planets move closer/farther as they
orbit.
Is Pluto a planet?
● No longer a planet - Dwarf planet.
● Too tiny, smaller than Earth’s moon.
● However, biggest object past Neptune.
How did the planets form?
● 4,600 million years ago.
● Made of gas and dust.(Nebula)
● Gravity pulled particles
formed big
balls.(planets)
● Material left over - formed moons, other icy
objects.
Why does the sun play an
important role in the solar
system?
● Very important to planet Earth.
● Light, heat, energy.
● Freeze to death.
● Earth would be completely frozen.
Video:
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAqT4hXn
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Citations
● "Pluto - Astronomy, Mythology, Astrology." Pluto Astronomy, Mythology, Astrology. N.p., n.d. Web. 25
Mar. 2015.
● Oxlade, Chris.Jupiter, Neptune, and other Outer
Planets.New York: The Rosen Publishing
group,2008.
● Dunbar, Brian. NASA. NASA, 11 Jan. 2007. Web. 25
Mar. 2015.
● "Sun and Earth." Earthiris. N.p., 09 Jan. 2012. Web.
25 Mar. 2015.