OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

The Sun

The Sun

• It is 28,000,000°F.
• It gives us heat
• It's a star.

Mercury

Mercury

• 800°F to -300°F.
• It has 0 moon(s).
• It is the closest to the Sun.
• It is made of iron and rock.

VeNUS

VeNUS

• 860°F.
• It has 0 Moon(s).
• the brightest Planet.
• Desert and Lava.

Earth

Earth

• -129 to 136°F.
• It has 1 Moon(s).
• Earth is a good planet.
• water and rock.

moon

moon

• 265°F to -170°F.
• Ball of rock and Dust.
• No sound.
• No weather.

Mars

Mars

• -195°F to 80°F
• it has 2 potato Moon(s)
• it is the red planet
• it is made of iron and rockk

jupiter

jupiter

• -236°F
• >60 moon(s)
• it is the largest planet
• rock, water, hydrogen, & helium

SAturn

SAturn

• -289°F
• >56 moon(s)
• 886,700,000 miles
• Rock, Water, Hydrogen, Helium

uranus

uranus

• -353°F
• >27
• 1,800,000,000 miles
• rock and water.
• May have diamonds in the center

neptuNe

neptuNe

• -353°F
• >13
• 2,800,000,000 miles
• rock and water

Dwarf Planets

Dwarf Planets

• Pluto has 3 moons
• Eris has 1 moon, Dysnomia
• Not much is known about these planets.
• They are billions of miles from Earth.

Stars

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Stars

Constellations: Canis Major

Comets

• Dirty balls of ice
• Orbits the sun
• Melts if too close to the sun
• Halley's Comet is most famous

Asteroids

• Discovered in 1801
• "Starlike"
• Made of rock and metal
• Orbit the Sun
• Ceres-largest asteroid

Meteors

• "high in the air"
• Iron or stone
• Meteor-streak of light
• Meteoroid-rock or metal in space
• Meteorite-particles found on the surface of Earth