PPT on Solar System

1. TheSolar System
ByHaley Oliver

3. TheSun
• TheScientific name isSol.
• It contains about 98%ofall the rocks, dust, and
gasin the SolarSystem.
• If hollow, one million Earths could fit inside.
• It acts asagiantmagnet.
• TheSun’ssurface is 6,000 degreescelcius, but it’s
atmosphere is millions of degrees.
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4. Mercury
• It takes 87,969 daysfor Mercury to orbit the Sunone time.
• Since it is smaller than Earth, it has less gravity which
means if you weighed 70 pounds on Earth, you would
weigh 27 pounds on Mercury.
• Mercury is so hot that you could burn to death during the
day, but spins soslowly that you could freeze to death at
night.
• It hasno moons.
• There is almost no air onMercury.
• It is 36 million miles away from the Sun.
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5. Venus
• It takes 224,701 daysto orbit the Sun.
• Youwould way 63 poundshere if you weighed70
pounds on Earth.
• It is similar to Earth becauseit hasmountains,
venusquakes,mountains and valleys. Youcan’t
live here though becauseit isway too hot.
• It is 67million miles away from the Sun.
• Venushasno moons.
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6. Earth
• It takes Earth 365.3 days to orbit the Sun.
• Weare 93 million miles awayfrom theSun
• It contains the only humanlife weknow of.
• Earth hasone moon,Luna.
• Earth hasjust the perfect combination ofweather,
temperature, and atmosphere tokeepusalive.
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7. Mars
• It takes 686.98 days to orbit the Sun.
• Mars is 142 million miles away from theSun.
• Weighing 70 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 27on
Mars.
• Scientists have found that Mars once had streams,rivers,
lakes, and an ocean.
• Mars hastwo moons, Deimos andPhobos.
• Mars hasthe highest mountains and deepest canyonsin
the whole Solar System. Thelargest canyon on Marswould
stretch from New York toCalifornia here on Earth.
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8. Jupiter
• It takes Jupiter 4332.59 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.
• Itis 482 million miles away from the Sun.
• Youwould weight 185 pounds on Jupiter if you weighed 70pounds
on Earth.
• Jupiter has a great red spot that is made up of storms that have
been constantly occurring for over 300years.
• There is no solid surface here, itis just one huge ocean of Hydrogen
and Water. There is nothing in between the atmosphere and the
ocean, there would be no flat surface to float aboat on like on
Earth.
• Jupiter has63 moons.
• It only takes 10 hours to go from night to day here.
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9. Saturn
• Ittakes 10,759.2 daysto orbit the Sun.
• Youwould weigh 82 pounds here if you weighed70
pounds on Earth.
• It’s rings are 169,800 miles wide, but lessthick thana
football field.
• Saturn is very similar to Jupiter because underit’s
atmosphere is an ocean of liquidchemicals.
• Saturn has34 moons.
• Itis 888 million miles away from the Sun.
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10. Uranus
• It takes 30,684 days for Uranus to orbit the Sun.
• It is 1, 784 million miles away from the Sun.
• Youwould weigh 82 pounds here, if you weighed70
pounds on Earth.
• It is the only planet that spins on it’s side.
• Uranus could have ocean under it’s atmosphere, and
because of the amount of pressure on Uranus, it could
possible have trillions of largediamonds.
• It is almost identical toNeptune.
• It has27moons.
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11. Neptune
• It takes 60,190 days to orbit the Sun.
• Neptune hasagiant storm just like Jupiter, it is called
the Great DarkSpot.
• It was discovered in1846.
• It has6 rings that surroundit.
• SinceNeptune is sofar away, scientists know of 13
moons for sure, but there could be many more to be
discovered.
• It is 2,794 million miles away from the Sun.
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12. Luna
• Lunais Earth’s moon.
• Lunais 240,000 miles away from Earth.
• It hasmany mountains, valleys, old volcanoes, and craters.
Craters are caused by asteroids and comets colliding with the
Moon.
• Lunaand Earth are very close in size.
• Thedark spots you seeon it are actually hardened beds of
lava. TheMoon used to have active volcanoes with liquid
lava, and when the moon wasstruck by an asteroid orcomet,
it would puncture the surface of the Moon and causelava to
ooze out of it. Thelava hardened and that caused the dark
spots you seetoday.
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