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Solar System Fact Project

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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SOLAR SYSTEM FACTS

ANDREW TERRY 3B
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THE SUN

  • The sun is a medium sized sun and is the middle of the solar system
  • The sun will burn out in five billion years
  • The sun's magnetic field reaches further out than Pluto
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MERCURY

  • The day of Mercury is 58.65 Earth days
  • The year length of Mercury is 88 days
  • Mercury has 0 satellites
  • Mercury is 57,910,000 km away from the sun
  • Mercury's distance from the sun in au is .307
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MERCURY (CONTINUED)

  • Mercury is the smallest planet
  • Mercury has no moons
  • Mercury is the closest planet to the sun
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VENUS

  • The day length of Venus is 243 days
  • The year length of Venus is 226.6 days
  • Venus has no natural satellites, but it does have artificial satellites
  • Venus is 108,200,000km from the sun or .722 au
  • Venus is the closest twin planet to Earth in our Solar System
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VENUS (CONTINUED)

  • Venus has the hottest average surface temperature- 730K
  • Venus is the sixth largest planet in our Solar System
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EARTH

  • The year length of Earth is 365 days
  • The day length of Earth is 24 hours
  • Earth has one moon
  • The Earth is 149,600,000km from the sun or 1 au from the sun
  • Earth is the only known planet to house life
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EARTH (CONTINUED)

  • There are four different theories on how our moon was formed
  • If Earth was any closer or further away from the sun, it would be a sterile planet
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MARS

  • Mars has a year length of 1.88 Earth years
  • Mars has a day length of 24.6 hours
  • Mars is 227,900,000km from the sun or 1.38 au
  • Mars has two moons
  • Mars is the seventh biggest planet in the Solar system
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MARS (CONTINUED)

  • Mars has frozen water on its surface
  • Phobos is expected to crash down into Mars in the next 10 million years
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JUPITER

  • Jupiter has a year length of 12 Earth years
  • Jupiter has a day length of 9.8 hours
  • Jupiter has 63 moons
  • Jupiter is 778,500,000 km or 4.95 au from the sun
  • Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System
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JUPITER (CONTINUED)

  • Jupiter is gas giant because it is mostly made of gases
  • Jupiter has the Great Red Spot which is basically a storm
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SATURN

  • Saturn has a year length of 29.5 Earth years
  • Saturn has a day length of 10.67 hours
  • Saturn is 1,433,000,000km or about 7au from the sun
  • Saturn has 60 moons
  • Saturn has so many rings, that you cannot count them all
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SATURN (CONTINUED)

  • Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system
  • Saturn's rings are made of dust and ice
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URANUS

  • Uranus has a year length of 84 Earth years
  • Uranus has a day length of 17.24 hours
  • Uranus is 2,877,000,000km or 19.2au from the sun
  • Uranus has 27 moons
  • Uranus ' axis is tilted 90 degrees
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URANUS (CONTINUED)

  • Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar System
  • Uranus is mostly made of ice
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NEPTUNE

  • Neptune has a year length of 165 Earth years
  • Neptune has a day length of 17.24 hours
  • Neptune is 4,503,000,000km or 150au from the sun
  • Neptune has 13 moons
  • Neptune is the fourth largest moon in the Solar System
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NEPTUNE (CONTINUED)

  • Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune
  • Neptune has a dark blue spot, which is a smaller version of the Great Red Spot
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PLUTO

  • Pluto was once considered the 9th planet of the solar system
  • But in the early 2000s, it was downgraded to a dwarf planet
  • Pluto's strange orbit sometimes puts it in front of Neptune in the order of the solar system
  • Pluto has five known satellites at this time
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MY OPINION OF PLUTO

  • I have chosen to classify Pluto as a dwarf planet
  • I chose this conclusion because Pluto is very small and does not have a regular orbit around the sun
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THE ASTEROID BELT

  • The asteroid belt is a "belt" of asteroids that is between Mars and Jupiter
  • The asteroid houses a dwarf planet- Ceres which is about 1,000km across
  • The total mass of the asteroid belt is only 4% of our moon
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THE KUIPER BELT

  • The Kuiper belt surrounds our sun and is past Neptune
  • It extends from about 30AU to 55AU
  • The Kuiper belt is named after its astronomer, Gerard Kuiper
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HALLEY'S COMET

  • Halley's Comet is a comet that orbits the sun and comes to the inner solar system
  • On average every 76 years
  • Halley's comet has a retrograde orbit (rotates counter -clockwise on its axis)
  • Haley's comet is one of four comets that has been visited by spacecraft
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CITATION (SUN-VENUS)

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CITATION (EARTH-JUPITER)

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CITATION (SATURN-NEPTUNE)

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CITATIONS (MISC.)

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