Transcript Solar System

Solar System
The Eight Planets and Other
Objects
Mercury
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The smallest planet
Largest temperature fluctuations
Planet closest to the sun
Heavily cratered
Venus
 The Second planet from the Sun
 Named after the Roman Goddess of
Love!
 Very hot temperatures
Earth
 AKA Home!
 Third planet from the sun.
 Only planet known to sustain various
forms of life.
Mars
 Fourth planet from the sun
 The only other planet we have landed
on and looked around (rover)
 No other life forms have been found
Jupiter
 The largest planet in
the solar system
 The fifth planet from
the sun
 It has more moons
than any other
planet.
Saturn
 Famous for its beautiful gaseous rings!
 The 6th planet from the sun.
Uranus
 The 7th planet from the sun
 Doomed to endure relentless punning
and other forms of negative remarks
because of its unfortunate name.
Neptune
 The 8th and final planet
 This planet shines blue in all of its
picture
 This planet is freaking cold and takes
hundreds of years to revolve around
the sun.
 This is my favorite planet.
Other Objects
 Moons: these little guys orbit around
the planets.
 Asteroids: aka shooting stars
 Meteors: good because they stay in
space
 Meteorites: bad because they land on
earth.