1. The Earth , Sun, and Moon
Earth:
• A Planet
• Medium Sized
• The Earth and Moon
are about the same
age.
• The only known
satellite is the moon.
• It takes 365.26 Earth
days to complete one
orbit.
• The surface
temperature is -88 to
58 degrees
• Diameter: 12,756 km
• Mass:
5,972,190,000,000,00
0 billion kg
Moon:
• A satellite to Earth,
neither a planet or a
star.
• Smallest of the
three.
• It takes 27.3 Earth
days to complete
one orbit.
• The surface
temperature is -233
to 123 degrees
Celsius.
• Diameter: 3,475 km
• The average
distance from Earth
is 384,400 km.
Sun:
• Star (A yellow dwarf)
• Largest of the three
• -4.6 Billion Years Old
• The oldest of the
three.
• The surface
temperature is 5500
degrees Celsius.
• Diameter: 1,392,684
km
• Mass:
1,989,100,000,000,00
0,000,000 billion kg
(333,060 x Earth)
• The average distance
from Earth is
149,669,180 km.
The Earth’s Rotation=1 dayThe Earth’s Revolution=1 year