A Journey to the Stars
Liz PuchnarewiczMullard Space Science Laboratorywww.mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Blast off from the
Earth
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First stop – the Sun• Enormous hot ball of gas.• 109 times bigger than the Earth.• Only going to burn for another billion years!
This is an X-ray of the Sun!!
Follow the Sun in the Sky
Follow the Sun in the Sky
East West
South
So what does this mean?
The Earth spins around once a day…
Now – on to Mercury
1 day = 59 Earth days
Days very hot –
Nights very cold!!!
And the next planet
is…
Venus!!!
1 day = 243 Earth days
1 year = 225 Earth days!!!
Wave to your Mum – the Earth is
next
Did you know that the Earth and Moon are a double
planet?
So how does the Moon change shape?
It’s Mars!Look out for little green men!!!
1 day = 1 Earth day
1 year = 687 Earth days
JupiterThe nearest and biggest of the giants.
Great Red Spot
Which is the flattest planet?
…Saturn
And how do we know?
…Because someone ‘saturn’ it!!!
This is Uranus
It takes 84 years to go around the Sun
The next giant is Neptune (usually)
Great Dark Spot
Scooter
And last of all - Pluto
… and his friend, Charon.It’s another double planet!
Back to Earth
Journey over!