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The Solar System
Objective: I will explain the formation and structure of the solar system.
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3. The Nebular Hypothesis
Nebular hypothesis: the planets and other objects in the Solar System formed from the left over gas and dust from the nebula that created the Sun.

4. The Nebular Hypothesis
99% of all the matter from the nebula is contained in the Sun
left over 1% formed all of the planets and other objects in the solar system

5. Inner Planets (Terrestrial)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

6. Inner Planets (Terrestrial)
close to the Sun
small and dense
made of solid, rocky materials (Carbon, Nickel, Iron)

7. Outer Planets (Jovian)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

8. Outer Planets (Jovian)
farther from the Sun
less dense
very big
made of gases (Hydrogen, Helium, Methane)

9. My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Noodles
A Way to Remember!
My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Noodles

10. Other Objects in the Solar System
Asteroid Belt
in between Mars and Jupiter
small, rocky “pre-planets”
Kuiper Belt (Trans-Neptunian Objects)
large amount of objects extending to the limits of our solar system
Pluto is a TNO

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