SOLAR SYSTEM

THE SUN

• The sun consists mainly of two gases:hidrogen and helium.

WHAT DOES THE SOLAR SYSTEM CONSIST OF ?

• It consists of:
• The sun
• 8 planets with their satellites
• Dwarf planets
• Small solar bodies

PLANETS

• They are spherical bodies which revolve araund the sun
• The inner planets are mercury,venus,earth and mars
• They are mode up of rocks
• The outer planets are J,S,U,N
• They are mode up of gases

DWARF PLANETS

• They spherical bodies waich orbit the sun
• They are smaller than planets

SATELLITES

• Satellites orbit planets and consist of rock
• Example:The moon

ASTEROIDES

• Are rocky objects wich are irregular in shape
• Asteroides orbit araund the sun
• Most of them orbit between Mars Jupiter

COMET

• Are small bodies that travel araund the sun inhighly elliptal orbits
• Their shape is irregular
• The nucleus is made is up of ice,dust and gas
• When the comets are the sun,the ice avaporates creating a tail