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STARDOME PRESENTS THE SOLAR SYSTEM Images by courtesy of
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The Earth – our home in space
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The Universe of Galaxies Each galaxy is a city of stars
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Our galaxy – the Milky Way You are here
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Stars in the Milky Way 500 light years 500 light years = 500 x 9 000 000 000 000 kilometres 500 light years = 4 500 000 000 000 000 kilometres!
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The Sun – our local star
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A sunspot An area of cooler gas sinking into the sun
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4 small rock planets 4 giant gas planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars JupiterSaturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
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Orbits of the inner planets
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Orbits of the Outer Planets
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Mercury Daytime 420 degrees Night Minus 180 degrees
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Meteorite craters No air No water No life
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Venus Shrouded in clouds
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Venus Uncovered by radar
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Surface of Venus Suffocating carbon dioxide Temperature 500 C Acid clouds Crushing atmosphere
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Earth Warm Air Water Life
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Seasons on Earth Summer Winter Long days Short Nights Short days Long nights Sun
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Sunset over Europe
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The Moon
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Phases of the Moon Sunlight
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Volcanoes Meteorite craters Valleys MARS
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MARS, THE RED PLANET
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The face on Mars?
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Surface of Mars Thin carbon dioxide atmosphere Temperature minus 20 degrees C Water frozen into soil
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Water on Mars Mars from orbit Showing river channels made by water long ago
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Surface of Mars from the Spirit lander
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Mars Express: Volcanic crater 1 km wide
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A human landing on Mars – maybe by 2020?
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Asteroids
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Meteorite Crater, Arizona Deep Impact
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Jupiter – gas giant
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60 moons
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The 4 great moons of Jupiter Io A world of volcanoes Europa Ice covered Water beneath the ice? Ganymede Ice covered, largest moon in the Solar System Callisto Ice surface, Covered in craters
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Saturn, Lord of the Rings
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30 Moons Titan
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TITAN The only moon known to have an atmosphere. 15 January 2005: Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan
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URANUS: 21 moons
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Uranus A planet knocked on its side
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NEPTUNE: 11 Moons
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Sedna Planet 10 ? Diameter: 1600 km Distance from Sun: 13 billion km Not a planet: one of many icy worlds in the Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto
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PLUTO Charon
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COMET A space iceberg
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The Oort Cloud of comets
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Gas tail Dust tail COMET HALE-BOPP 1997
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Meteor – shooting star 12 August13 December
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Meteor Storm !
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The Solar System Nine wonderful worlds
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SOLAR SYSTEM Is a STARDOME PRODUCTION By DENNIS ASHTON, FRAS Images from
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