Transcript All About Astronomy

All About
Astronomy
By: Kate Speckman
Planets
• 8 Planets (Pluto)
– Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune
• My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us
Noodles
Planets Cont.
Venus
• Second closest to the sun
• Second brightest object in the night sky
• Earth’s sister planet
• Russians sent the first mission to Venus
Earth
• Third planet
• Only planet not named after a Greek or
Roman deity
• Greatest density
• Powerful magnetic field
Mars
• Fourth planet
• “Red Planet”
• Largest dust storms
• Pieces of Mars have fallen to Earth
Mercury
• Closest to the sun
• Smallest planet in the solar system
• Second hottest
• Only two spacecraft's have ever visited
Mercury
Jupiter
• Fifth planet
• 2.5 more massive than other planets
• Shortest day of all the planets
• Thin ring system
Saturn
• Sixth planet
• Most distant planet that can be seen
• Famously known for the ring system
• Flattest planet
Uranus
• Seventh planet
• Rotates the opposite way of Earth
• “Ice Giant”
• Only one spacecraft has flown by Uranus
Neptune
• Eighth planet
• Most distant from the Sun
• Has 14 moons
• One spacecraft has flown by Neptune