1. THE PLANETS OF THE MILKY WAY SOLAR SYSTEM

2. ORDER FROM THE SUN 1 My = Mercury 2 Very = Venus 3 Educated = Earth
My Very Educated Mother Just Sent Us (Noodles) Nine Pizzas
My = Mercury
Very = Venus
Educated = Earth
Mother = Mars
Just = Jupiter
Sent = Saturn
Us = Uranus
Noodles or Nine = Neptune
Pizzas = Pluto
ORDER FROM THE SUN

3. ALL THE PLANETS REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN. THEY ARE SATELITES OF THE SUN
ORBIT = THE PATH THEY TAKE AROUND THE SUN

4. INNER AND OUTER Jupiter Mercury Main Belt Saturn Venus Uranus Earth
Inner Planets
Asteroid Belt
Outer Planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Main Belt

5. THE PLANETS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME They differ in:
COLOR
SIZE
SHAPE
WEATHER
POSITION
LAYERS
GASES
ATMOSPHERE
SATELLITES
ROTATION
REVOLUTION
TILT

6. MERCURY Now that Pluto is gone it is the smallest planet
Named after Mercury the swift messenger of the Roman Gods
Very thin atmosphere or no atmosphere, so humans could not live there
Takes 88 days to revolve or orbit around the sun
The length of a day is 59 of Earth’s days
No water
Temperature range is -292 F to 842 F depending in if it is day or night
No natural satellites or moons
Mariner probe discovered its surface is similar to our moon

7. VENUS Almost as big as Earth-called our twin
Has a hostile atmosphere full of carbon dioxide gas that traps heat
Venus gets so hot during its day that it metal would melt like ice cream (869 F)
Has thick rapidly spinning clouds that hold heat in and reflect light back making it look like a star in the sky
Constant thunderstorms
Rotates in the opposite direction of all the other planets
Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty
Takes 225 days to revolve around the Sun
A day on Venus is 243 Earth days long
No water or satellites

8. EARTH Has an atmosphere full of nitrogen and oxygen so we can breathe
Has liquid water
Has life in the form of plants and animals

9. Temperature is cold and it has polar ice caps like Earth which may contain water
The iron in the red clay dirt is what makes it look red
Last if the inner planets
Similar to Earth in length of day (24hrs7min), types seasons and tilt
It takes 687 days to make a year on Mars
Seventh largest
Dry planet with thin atmosphere made of carbon dioxide.
Named after the Roman god of war: Mars because it appears red and angry
Two satellites: Phobos (fear) and Deimos (panic) companions to war god
No life discovered on planet but scientists are hopeful there are microscopic life forms inside the rocks or ice caps that they might discover
Has strong winds and seasons
MARS

10. JUPITER Largest Planet-1000 Earths could fit inside Jupiter
Its clouds in its atmosphere change color daily due to hydrogen and helium gas changes
Red spot is swirling gas moving due to a very long hurricane
Has lightning
Has two rings
No water, but oceans of liquid hydrogen
Rotates quickly-every 10 hours (Earth rotates once every 24 hours)
Takes 12 years to revolve around the sun
Has over 60 satellites (63)
Named after the chief, supreme Roman God similar to the Greek God Zeus who it was originally named after
No life
Average temperature is -302F

11. SATURN
Second Largest
Has a thin atmosphere that contains bands of clouds made up of helium and hydrogen
The thousands of rings are made up of ice, rocks and particles of dust that orbit the planet
30 or more satellites named for the Titans
Takes 30 years to revolve around the sun
A day is 11 hours long on Saturn because that is how long it takes to rotate fully
Water??? Probably not
Life??? Probably not
Named for the Roman God of agriculture who is also the father of Jupiter

12. URANUS
It was discovered later than the others, 1781 and discovered by telescope not sight
Has an atmosphere of hydrogen, helium and methane gas that gives it the blue-green color
Water??? Probably not
Life????? Maybe not
Scientists believe it collided with another planet once which caused it to have a completely tilted axis.
Has 11 rings made up of rocky chunks
Day = 17 hours (rotation)
Year = 84 Years (revolution)
Named after Greek god of the sky
Does not have a regular orbit.
AXIS

13. NEPTUNE Not discovered until 1946 by telescope
Scientists believe Neptune’s gravity is what pulls Uranus out of a regular orbit
Named for the Roman god of the sea because of its color
Also made up of hydrogen and helium and some methane to cause the blue color
Neptune rotates (day) fully in 16 hours, but its atmosphere and clouds take two hours longer. That is unique.
Has dark colored storms, one the size of Earth and is the windiest planet in solar system
Takes 165 years to revolve or make a year
Neptune is thought to have a layer of liquid water, methane and ammonia that changes to solid ice at times.
Has 8 satellites and 4 rings

14. COMPARING Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter SIZE Second Sixth Seventh GRAVITY
ATMOSPHERE
WEATHER ?
WATER N
LIFE

15. COMPARING Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto SIZE GRAVITY ATMOSPHERE WEATHER
WATER
LIFE

16. Expository-Informative-Factual
Main Idea-
All Planets are not the same
Some don’t have atmosphere
Some are bigger than other
Some have life and others don’t
Some don’t have water

17. Expository-Informative-Factual
Main Idea-
The planets were named after the gods
One got its name from the German word for Earth
One planet was named after the God of Agriculture
Most were named after Roman Gods
One was named after a Greek God

18. AN OUT OF THIS WORLD PARAGRAPH
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