Transcript Solar System

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Mercury
Distance
from sun
in km.
Mars
Uranus
By: Anna Chaney
Did You Know?
-Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
- It only takes 87 days to orbit around the
sun.
- In Roman mythology it is the goddess of
commerce.
-It is often visible with binoculars or the
unaided eye.
- It is the second Planet from the sun.
- It is the sixth largest planet.
- In Greek, Venus is the goddess of love
and beauty.
- It is the brightest object in the sky .
- When viewed through a telescope from
Earth, you can see the different phases.
-Earth is the only planet whose name did not
come from the Greek or Roman mythology.
-71% of Earth’s surface is made up of water.
-It is the only planet where water can exist as
a liquid.
-Earth’s atmosphere is 77% nitrogen and 21%
oxygen with traces of water, carbon dioxide
and argon.
-The 4th Planet from the sun.
-It’s orbit is eliptical.
-It is the God Of War.
-It is also known as the Red Planet.
-Mars has the largest mountain in the solar system called,
The Olypus Mons, rising 78,000 ft.
-It is the largest planet in the solar
system and the 4th BIGGEST object in
the sky!
-Since prehistoric times it has been
known at a bright “wandering star”.
-Jupiter is about 10% helium and 90%
hydrogen.
-Jupiter’s rings is composed of an
inner halo and a Gossamer ring.
Saturn, not the car, but the
planet!
-The god of agriculture.
-1st observed with a
telescope in 1610 by
Galileo.
-Earth passes through
Saturn’s rings every few
years as Saturn goes
through its orbit.
-It is the least dense
planet.
-Uranus was the first
planet discovered in
modern times.
-It has only been
visited one time by
Voyager 2 on Jan. 24
1986.
-Uranus’ axis is
parallel to is elliptic.
-It has 21 named
moons and 6
unnamed moons.
-God of the Sea.
-It has only been
visited by one
spacecraft, Voyager
2, in 1989.
-It’s composition
consist of various
“ices” and rock with
about 15%
hydrogen and little
helium.