1. The Solar System
By: Laura Brink
EDU 290
11:00

2. What Is The Solar System?
The solar system is everything that orbits around the sun. Including the planets, comets, and asteroids.
Split into Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
And Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and “Pluto”

3. The Sun Center of our Universe Largest object in our Solar System
Every planet orbits the Sun

4. Mercury Closest planet to sun Covered with wrinkles and craters
1 day on mercury = 58-1/2 earth days
Mercury has no moon
36 million miles from the sun

5. Venus 2nd closest to sun Many volcanoes and mountains
Actually warmer than mercury
Very, very dry, almost no water
No moons
67 million miles from the sun

6. Earth 3rd planet from the sun 30% covered by land 70% covered by water
Earth has one moon
93 million miles from the sun

7. Mars 4th planet from sun “Red Planet” 2 moons
Contains the solar systems largest volcano
142 million miles from the sun

8. Jupiter 5th planet from the sun Largest planet in the solar system
Very stormy planet
No solid surface, all gas
50 official moons, 12 unofficial moons
483 million miles from sun

9. Saturn 6th planet from sun 7 rings
Rings made up of ice, dust, and rocks
53 official moons, 9 unofficial moons
888 million miles from sun

10. Uranus 7th planet from sun Only planet that spins on its side
Surface believed to be a huge ocean that is 5000 degrees Fahrenheit
Also has rings surrounding it
27 moons
1784 million miles

11. Neptune 8th planet from sun Blue planet with white clouds Very windy
13 moons
2794 million miles from sun

12. Pluto 9th “planet” from sun
Because it is so small in 2006 it was changed from planet to dwarf planet, so it is not considered part of our solar system anymore
3 moons
3647 million miles

13. My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas

14. Extra information about the Solar System
Comet
Comets –mixture of ices (both water and frozen gases) and dust Asteroid Belt– seperates the two parts of the solar system. Made up of small rock formations
Asteroid belt

15. Special Thanks To: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

16. Special Thanks To: Cont.