1. Science Standard 8.4.e. Students know the appearance, general composition, relative position and size, and motion of objects in the solar system, including planets, planetary satellites, comets, and asteroids.

2. How many can You Identify? The Sun And the Planets Of Our Solar System

3. Characteristics: Sun, 9 Planets, 100 Satellites, Comets, Asteroids, Interplanetary Matter. Elliptical orbits around the Sun, all in the same direction.

4. 9 Planets of Our Solar System Size Comparison

5. Earth Tierra Characteristics: Basis of Comparative Planetology Ideal Environment for Humans, Largest of Terrestrial Planets and Inner Planets, Atmosphere made up Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon.

6. Sun Sol Characteristics: Energy produced by nuclear fusion. Core 15 million C, Hydrogen converted into helium. Photosphere, Chromosphere, Corona

7. Mercury Mercurio Characteristics: Extreme Temperatures: Closest to the Sun, Day 430 C, Night –170 C, Thin atmosphere, Inner Planet

8. Venus Characteristics: Similar to Earth in size and density Revolution = 7.5 months, Rotation = 8 months, Retrograde Rotation, Thick atmosphere (90X Earth’s, mainly Carbon Dioxide), Inner Planet

9. Mars Marte Characteristics: Thin Atmosphere-1% of Earth’s atmosphere, Ice on Polar Caps, Water and Carbon Dioxide, Tilted on Axis, Exploration, 2 Moons: Phobos, Deimos, Inner Planet

10. Jupiter Characteristics: Largest Planet, 300X size of Earth, Composition, Solid Core, 75% Hydrogen, 24% Helium, 1% other, Great Red Spot, 17 moons, Outer Planet

11. Saturn Saturno Characteristics: 2 nd Largest Planet, Rings(hundreds of rings) 170,000 mi wide X 100 yd. thick, ( *3 other planets have rings, too.) 30 moons, Outer Planet

12. Uranus Urano Characteristics: Trace of Methane in Atmosphere, Huge water ocean under its clouds, Axis tilted at 90 degrees, 21 Moons, Outer Planet

13. Neptune Neptuno Characteristics: Atmosphere contains visible clouds, Huge water ocean beneath clouds, Great Dark Spot, Outer Planet

14. Pluto Pluton Characteristics: Smallest of Planets, Farthest from the Sun, Solid Mass, Charon-Moon, Twin Planet,

15. How many can You Identify? The Sun And the Planets Of Our Solar System