The Solar SystemBy: Crystal Herman EDU 290 3rd Grade

What Makes Up the

Solar System?

Sun

Planetsand

other small objects

THE SUNAka Yellow Dwarf Star

The sun is the center of our solar system and holds everything in place by its gravity.

It is a large star, which are hot balls of glowing gas that give off energy.

We need the suns light energy, without it plants wouldn’t grow and Earth would be too cold for anything to live on it.

Planets

Eight Planets orbit the sun

These planets are separated and classified as Inner and Outer planets.

Inner Planets

Mercur

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Venus EarthMars

The Inner Planets consist of the 4 planets closest to the sun.

They are…

Inner Planets cont…

All the inner planets have rocky surfaces.

They are smaller and warmer because of how close they are to the sun.

You are able to see Venus, Mars, and possibly Mercury with a telescope.

Earth and Mars are the only inner planets that have moons.

Earth has 1 and Mars has 2.

 THE MOON IS EARTH'S CLOSEST NEIGHBOR IN SPACE, BUT IT IS STILL FAR AWAY. The Earth-moon distance is about 239,000 miles

That’s crazy to think since you can see part of the moon every night.

Earth’s Moon

Venus ( Earths Sister)

Surface is rocky, with a constant cover of thick clouds

Mercury:Surface is rocky, with many craters

Earth:Mostly water, with some land areas.

Mars:Surface is rocky, with red dust and no water.

Outer Planets

The outer planets are the ones farthest from the sun.

They are…

JupiterSaturn

Neptune

UranusPluto

Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet with the most moons, it has 61!

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, is a huge storm on its surface.

SaturnSaturn is one of the two planets with rings.

Saturn has at least 33 moons.

Its rings reach out about 258,000 miles from its surface.

Uranus•Has at least 25 moons

•2nd planet with rings

Neptune•Has at least 13 moons

•Is now considered the farthest planet from the sun

Again, Neptune is now considered the farthest planet because….

until 2006, when scientists removed Pluto from the list of planets, Pluto was the 9th and

farthest planet.

However, scientists have placed it in a new group called “Dwarf Planets”.

PlutoPluto is not like the other outer planets.

It is small and made up of ice and rock.

Pluto has at least 3 moons, one moon it almost as large as Pluto itself.

Great thanks for the pictures and information used in this

presentation.

ASD Planetarium, Information http://www.astronomy.org/programs/moon/moon.html

Bente Lilja Bye, rocket http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2IfvSF/apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1002/sts30nightlaunch_nasa.jpg Calvin J. Hamilton, Inner and Outer Planets http://www.ronyerby.com/ss/Inner.html

Dr. David R. Williams ,Neptune http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/neptunefact.html

ESO/L. Calçada, planets slide http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41761269/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Francis Sealey, Sun http://21st-centurynetwork.com/blog/?p=889

InstructorWeb , Information http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/solarsystem.asp

James Linzel, Solar System Picture http://scienceclass.ning.com/profiles/blogs/1677792:BlogPost:3140

Kathy A. Miles and Charles F. Peters II, Pluto http://starryskies.com/articles/dln/7-99/pluto.html

Marcos van Dam, W.M. Keck Observatory ,Uranus http://www.worldalmanac.com/blog/2007/12/autumn_on_uranus.html

Metric camera on Apollo 17, http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a17_m_2444.html

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute ,Saturn http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/azmasternaturalist/2004/09/fabulous_saturn.html

Science Harcourt School Publishers 2008 Edition, Information

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