Our Solar System By Eric and Haley The Sun The Sun is like a huge star The Sun is in the middle of our solar system The Sun is essential to all things It makes energy that gives heat for all things It also makes fossil fuels Mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun It only takes 88 earth days for Mercury to orbit the Sun A day on Mercury is 59 times longer than an earth day Mercury is very hot during the day and very cold at night Venus Venus is called “The twin of earth” because they are alike In the day Venus gets four times hotter than boiling water Venus reflects sunlight making it the brightest thing in the sky Earth Earth is the only planet with life Which also means it is the only planet with water 24 Earth hours is one Earth day and 365 Earth days is one Earth year Our atmosphere protects us from the Suns harmful rays Our Moon Our Moon is many times smaller than Earth Many scientists think the Moon used to be a part of Earth The Moon causes Earths ocean tides too It reflects light from the sun Mars Mars is known as the red planet The climate is much different than Earths The climate changes from 86 F in the summer to -202F There is very little oxygen and water vapor Jupiter Jupiter is the biggest planet It is mostly made up of gas The high winds are all ways stormy It is also as wide as three Earths Saturn Saturn is easy to recognize because of its large rings Saturn also has many moons It weighs little for how big it is Saturn spins very fast though Uranus Uranus appears blue green because of methane gas in its atmosphere Uranus seems to roll around the sun Scientists think this might because it hit another planet like thing It takes Uranus 81 Earth years to go around the sun Neptune Neptune and Uranus are called the twin giants because their so much alike and big Neptune has the fastest winds in our universe ( 2000 kilometers per hour Neptune has one moon and many smaller moons It takes Neptune 165 Earth years to go around the sun The End! Thanks for watching!