1. Space – Our Solar System
The Sun
The Inner Planets
The Outer Planets
Why was Pluto demoted?
Observing Stars and Planets
The Moon

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3. What if the other planet were as close as the moon?
The moon is very close and therefore looks large in the sky. The planets inside our solar system are much larger but are much further and therefore, look very small.

4. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM The Sun Eight Planets Some Moons
Many Comets and asteroids

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6. The Sun
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Sun converts hydrogen to helium in its core (fusion)
Core conditions
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7. The Sun is Huge!!
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9. MERCURY
Shortest orbit around the Sun (0.24 Earth Years)
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10. VENUS Orbit (0.62 Earth Years) ___________ Brightest in the sky
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Huge greenhouse effect  very high temperatures (~800 ˚F)

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12. MARS ___________ …………………. Orbit (1.88 Earth Years)
Earth’s diameter is times larger

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14. JUPITER
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Jupiter is a ball of gas and liquid (mostly hydrogen and helium).
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Its diameter is 11.1 times larger than Earth’s

15. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
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It is a storm that has been going on for at least 400 years
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Jupiter's Super Storm

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17. URANUS …………………. Thinner ring system ___________
Orbit (84.01 Earth Years)
Its diameter is 4 times larger than Earth’s

18. NEPTUNE …………………. Its composition and atmosphere is similar to Uranus
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19. PLUTO No longer considered a Planet
Is the second most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris)
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21. Why was Pluto demoted?
Really small – smaller than the Moon
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22. Observing Stars and Planets
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A planet is a smaller ball of rock (or gas) that goes around a star
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24. The Moon ___________ The Moon has several effects on the earth
e.g. ………………….
Earth’s diameter is 3.7 times larger

25. Bill Nye: Outer Space
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