The document provides facts about objects in our solar system including the Sun, planets Mercury through Neptune, dwarf planets, asteroids, and the Kuiper Belt. It notes key details about each such as the Sun containing 99% of the solar system's mass, Venus rotating backwards compared to other planets, Jupiter having the largest moon Ganymede, Saturn being the ringed planet, and the Kuiper Belt potentially containing over a trillion comet nuclei. It aims to inform readers about characteristics of astronomical bodies in our neighborhood.

2. Facts about Sun
The Sun contains 99% of the
total mass of the solar system.
One million Earths could fit
inside the Sun
Eventually, Sun will consume
the Earth
The Sun will one day be about
the size of Earth.
The sun is an almost perfect
Sphere
Light from the Sun takes 8
minutes to reach Earth
The sun is middle-aged
It has a very strong magnetic
field
It generates solar wind

3. Facts about Mercury
only the second hottest planet.
the most cratered planet in the
Solar System.
Only two spacecraft have ever
visited Mercury.
named for the Roman
messenger to the gods.
Mercury is hot, but not too hot
for ice
the closest planet to the sun
and due to its proximity it is not
easily seen except during twilight
A year on Mercury is just 88
days long.
the smallest planet in the Solar
System.
the second densest planet.
has wrinkles.
has a molten core:

4. Facts about Venus
Venus is the second planet from
the sun and is the second brightest
object in the night sky after the
moon
A day on Venus lasts longer than a
year.
Venus is often called the Earth’s
sister planet
Venus rotates in the opposite
direction to most other planets.
Atmospheric pressure on Venus is
92 times greater than the Earth’s.
Venus is the hottest planet in
our solar system.
More than 1,000 volcanoes or
volcanic centre's larger than 20
km have been found on the
surface of Venus
The Russians sent the first
mission to Venus.
Venus doesn’t have any
moons, and we aren’t sure why

5. Earth
The Earth’s
rotation is
gradually
slowing
once believed
to be the
centre of the
universe.
has a powerful
magnetic field.
There is only
one natural
satellite
the only
planet not
named after
a god.
the densest
planet in the
Solar System
the largest of
the terrestrial
planets

6. Mar
s
home of the
tallest
mountain in
the solar
system
Mars has the
largest dust
storms in the
solar system.
Pieces of Mars
have fallen to
Earth..
Mars takes its
name from the
Roman god of
war
There are signs
of liquid water
on Mars.
One day
Mars will
have a ring.

7. J
Jupiter
Jupiter Sucks
Up Space
Garbage
Jupiter is the
fourth brightest
object in the
solar system.
Jupiter is a
great comet
catcher.
has the shortest
day of all the
planets.
Jupiter orbits
the Sun once
every 11.8 Earth
years.
Jupiter has
unique cloud
features
The Great Red
Spot is a huge
storm on
Jupiter

8. Jupiter’s moon
Ganymede is the
largest moon in
the solar system
Jupiter’s interior is
made of rock, metal,
and hydrogen
compounds.
Jupiter has a thin
ring system.
Eight spacecraft
have visited
Jupiter.
Jupiter has the
shortest day of
all the planets.

9. the fifth
brightest
object in the
solar system.
The Ringed
Planet
gives off more
energy than it
receives from
the Sun
It takes Saturn
29.4 Earth
years to orbit
the Sun
has the fastest
winds of any
other planet in
our solar system
the least dense
planet in the
solar system
has 150 moons
and smaller
moonlets
Saturn’s moon Titan is
the second largest
moon in the Solar
System, behind Jupiter’s
moon Ganymede
the flattest of
the eight
planets
Saturn

10. William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781
Uranus rotates on its axis once every 17 hours
and 14 minutes
It takes Uranus 84 Earth days to orbit the Sun
Uranus wind speeds can reach up to 900 km per
hour
The mass of Uranus is about 14.5 times the mass
of Earth
Uranus is the second least dense planet in the
solar system, after Saturn. The Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to
have flown by Uranus.
has 13 presently known rings
Uranus is the coldest planet in the
solar system.
The Uranian moons are named for
characters created by Alexander Pope
and William Shakespeare (Oberan,
Titania and Miranda)
Uranus

11. Spins on its
axis rapidly
has a very
active
climate
Has a very
thin
collection of
rings (5)
Voyager 2 was
the only
spacecraft that
flown to
Neptune
The smallest
of the ice
giants
Has 14 moons
(Triton the
biggest moon)
Discovered by
Urbain Le
Verrier and
Johann Galle
Neptune

12. Additional info….
There are 5 officially recognized dwarf planets in
our solar system:
1. Ceres (located in the asteroid belt)
2. Pluto
3. Haumea
4. Makemake
5. Eris
 There are 6 objects in our solar system that are
almost certainly dwarf planets and there may
as many as 10,000.
 Ceres and Pluto have been visited by space
probes (NASA’s Dawn and New Horizons)

13. Facts about Asteroid Belt
Asteroid Belt objects are made of rock and
stone. Some are solid objects, while others
are orbiting “rubble piles”.
 The Asteroid Belt contains billions and
billions of asteroids.
Some asteroids in the Belt are quite large,
but most range in size down to pebbles.
The asteroid 1/Ceres is also designated as
a dwarf planet, the largest one in the inner
solar system.
The Asteroid Belt may contain many
objects, but they are spread out over a
huge area of space. This has allowed
spacecraft to move through this region
without hitting anything.
Asteroids get their names from
suggestions by their discoverers and
are also given a number.
 The formation of Jupiter disrupted
the formation of any worlds in the
Asteroid Belt region by scattering
asteroids away. This caused them to
collide and break into smaller pieces.
Gravitational influences can move
asteroids out of the Belt.

14. Facts about Kuiper Belt
There could be more than a trillion comet
nuclei in the main body of the Kuiper Belt.
The largest Kuiper Belt Objects are Pluto,
Quaoar, Makemake, Haumea, Ixion, and
Varuna. These are often also referred to as
Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs).
Astronomers have found structures
similar to our Kuiper Belt around at
least nine other stars. Hubble Space
Telescope imaged discs around the
stars HD 138664 in the constellation
Lupus, and HD 53143 in the
constellation Carina.
The ices in the Kuiper Belt date back
to the formation of the solar system.
They contain clues to conditions in
the early solar nebula

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16. References:
http://space-facts.com/mercury/
http://space-facts.com/venus/
http://space-facts.com/earth/
http://space-facts.com/mars/
http://space-facts.com/jupiter/
http://space-facts.com/uranus/
http://space-facts.com/netune/
http://space-facts.com/sun/
http://theplanets.org/saturn/
http://listverse.com/2013/04/27/10-fascinating-facts-about-
our-solar-system/
http://www.universetoday.com/33415/interesting-facts-
about-the-planets/
http://space-facts.com/the-sun/
http://space-facts.com/asteroid-belt/
http://space-facts.com/kuiper-belt/

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Prepared by:
Group 8
Eunice Ternio
Allyssa Marie Edrada
Irish Mae Asuncion
Charmaine Andres
Dave Xann Ferrer