Transcript our solar system

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
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Our solar system has 8 planets and
many other dwarf planets.
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We live in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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If we didn’t have the sun our Solar
System would be super dark.
THE SUN
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The sun is our source of heat and
light.
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Our sun will explode in 500 billion
years.
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Stars may be bigger or brighter or
smaller or duller.
MERCURY
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When Mercury orbits around the
sun it takes only 88 days.
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Mercury moves at a speed of
107,372 miles an hour!
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From the sun to Mercury , it is 36
million miles.
VENUS
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Venus is the brightest planet of all
the 8 planets.
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One year on Venus is equal to 262
days.
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Venus was the Roman God of love
and beauty.
EARTH
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Earth is the only planet that can
support life.
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Earth’s diameter is seven
thousand, nine hundred twenty-six
miles.
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Earth is not a perfect circle
because of Earth’s equator.
MARS
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Mars has a mountain three times
the size of Mount Everest and the
name of this mountain is Olympus
Mon.
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Mars has a 4,000 kilometer canyon
that is called Valles Mariner.
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Mars has two moons that orbit
around it.
ASTERIOD BELT
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An asteroid named Galileo was
discovered to have a moon named
Dactyl in 1993.
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There is an asteroid named Ceres
which is 600 miles across.
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If we put all the asteroids together
it would still be smaller than our
moon.
JUPITER
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To the Greeks Jupiter is the home
on which Zeus lives.
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Jupiter is 483 miles from the sun
and is the 5th planet from the sun.
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Jupiter spins so fast that a day is
9.84 hours!
SATURN
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One of Saturn’s moons is called
Titan and is the 2nd largest moon in
the Solar System.
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The distance from the sun to
Saturn is 886 miles.
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Saturn has 53 moons and still might
be growing.
URANUS
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Unlike any other planets, Uranus
spins on its side.
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Scientists believe there is water on
Uranus and think there might be an
ocean that is 5,000 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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In 1781 Uranus was seen by a man
named William Herschel.
NEPTUNE
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Up until 1846 Neptune wasn’t even
known to have existed.
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Neptune has a dark spot like
Jupiter.
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Neptune has 13 moons and 6 rings.
DWARF PLANT PLUTO
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Pluto has been a dwarf planet ever
since 2007.
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On July 14,2015, a mission to fly by
Pluto was a success.
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Pluto is the name of a Roman God
of the underground.
Asteroid
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Asteroids are leftovers from the
solar system creation.
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The average temperature of an
asteroid is minus 73 degrees C.[
100 degrees F]
Telescopes
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In 1608 a person called Hans
Lippershey invented the telescope.
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Using glass the first telescopes
were made.
Stars
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A star is made of very hot gas and
holds together with it’s own
gravity.
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The most common star we know is
the Red Dwarf.
Galaxy
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Our Solar System is in range of the
Milky Way.
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We are about 27,000 light years
from the Galactic Center.
Black Hole
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Black holes form when a star runs
out of energy and can’t carry it’s
own weight
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A black hole can have gravity so
powerful that not even light can
escape.
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