1. Our Solar System BY Lorelei Golden
A Solar System is a group of object in space that orbits a star in the center, plus the star itself.
Our Solar System contains a variety of objects.
The Outer planets are farther from the Sun.

2. THE SUN The Sun is a star that is at the center of our Solar System.
The Sun is the largest object in the Solar System.
The Sun sometimes has dark spots called sunspots on its surface.

3. Mercury Mercury is the same size of the Earth’s moon.
It’s still about 58 million kilometers 36 million millimeters from the Sun.
It is covered with craters although it’s the planet closest to the Sun.

4. Venus Venus is about the size as Earth.
Acid makes the planet difficult to study from Earth.
Venus is the third brightest object in Earth’s sky.

5. Earth Earth is the largest of all the inner planets.
It is the only planet known to have life.
It is the only planet that is mostly water.

6. Mars Mars is called the red planet because it is really red.
Mars is small and its diameter is only half of Earth’s.
Mars may have had liquid surface water.

7. Asteroid Belt Two types of such objects are asteroids and comets.
There are objects besides planets orbiting the Sun.
Most asteroids orbit the Sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.

8. Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System.
The Great Red Spot has raged on Jupiter.
Jupiter has at least 63 moons.

9. Saturn
Saturn has rings that are visible from Earth through a telescope.
Its atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium.
The other gas giant, Saturn has no known solid surface.

10. Uranus Uranus rotates on its side as it orbits the Sun.
This may be the result of a collision with an object the size of Earth.
Uranus has at least 27 moons.

11. Neptune Neptune’s atmosphere is mainly hydrogen and helium.
It is one of the wildest places in the Solar System.
Neptune has at least I think 13 moons.

12. PLUTO THE DRAWF PLANET
Tiny Pluto has a rocky surface covered with nitrogen.
Pluto’s moon is almost as large as its self.
The surface of Pluto, the sun looks any other bright star in the sky.

13. moon
The moon is one of the larger natural satellites with a diameter of 2,160 miles.
Moon phases and the moon’s orbit are mysteries to many.
The moon is the easiest celestial object to find in the night sky when it’s there.

14. Stars are born within the clouds of dust and scattered throughout most galaxies.
As the cloud collapses, the material at the center begins to heat up.
Stars are the most widely recognized astronomical objects, and represent the most fundamental building blocks of galaxies.
stars

15. galaxy We live in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Other galaxies have elliptical shapes, and a few have unusual shapes like toothpicks or rings.

16. comets Comets and Asteroids both orbit the Sun and are different.
A Comet is a ball of rock, ice, and frozen gases.
A Comet’s orbit brings it close to the Sun.

17. Make Make
Make Make holds an important place in history of our Solar System studies because it is along with Eris.
Make Make was named after the Rapanui god of fertility.
Make Make is located in the Kuiper Belt, a region outside the orbit of Neptune.

18. Resources
Harcourt Science Book
Google.com/images