Have you wonder what’s
beyond this earth?
What are those objects in
the sky?
Solar System
Marco S. Suarez
Solar System:
Planets
Moons
Asteroids
Comets
Planets
* The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus,
Earth and Mars, also called the terrestrial planets.
* The two outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune.
* The two largest, Jupiter and Saturn.
* Pluto is not longer counted as a planet. But is now
considered the largest member of a distinct population
known as the Kuiper belt.
The Sun
• The Scientific name is Sol.
• If hollow, one million Earth’s could fit inside.
• It acts as a giant magnet.
•The Sun’s surface is 6,000 degrees celcius, but
it’s atmosphere is millions of degrees.
Mercury
• It takes 87,969 days for
Mercury to orbit the Sun one
time.
•It has no moons.
•There is almost no air on
Mercury.
•Mercury is so hot that you
could burn to death during the
day, but spins so slowly you
could freeze to death at night.
Venus
• It takes 224,701 days to orbit
the Sun.
• You would way 63 pounds here
if you weighed 70 pounds on
Earth.
•It is 67 million miles away from
the Sun.
•Venus has no moons.
Earth
It takes 365.3 days orbit the Sun.
• We are 93 million miles away from the
Sun.
• It contains the only human life we know
of.
• Earth has just the perfect combination of
weather, temperature, and atmosphere to
keep us alive.
•
Mars
• It takes 696.98 days to
orbit the Sun.
• Mars is 142 million
miles away from the sun.
• Weighing 70 pounds on
Earth, you would weigh
27 on mars.
• Mars has two moons,
Deimos and Phobos.
Jupiter
• It
takes Jupiter 4332.59
days to complete one
orbit around the Sun.
•You would weight 125
pounds on Jupiter if you
weighed 70 pounds on
Earth.
• Jupiter has 63 moons
• It only takes 10 hours to
go from night to day
here.
Uranus
• It takes 30,684 days
for Uranus to orbit the
Sun.
•It is 1,784 millions
miles away from the
Sun.
•It is the only planet
that spins on it’s side.
•You would weigh 82
pounds here, if you
weighed 70 pounds on
Earth.
•It has 27 moons.
Neptune
• It takes 60,190 days to
orbit the Sun.
•It was discovered in 1846.
•It has 6 rings that
surround it.
• Since Neptune is too far
away, scientist know of 13
moons for sure, but there
could be many more to be
discovered.
•It is 2,794 million miles
away from the Sun.
Saturn
• It takes 10,759.2 days to orbit the Sun.
• Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is
88,846 miles.
• It would take more than 1,000 Earths to fill up the volume of
the giant planet.
• Saturn has 34 moons.
• It is 888 millions away from the sun.