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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
MS. LANHAM
WHAT IS THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
• A collection of 8 planets and their moons in orbit around the
sun!
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The solar system is made up of everything that is gravitationally
bound to it, including asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
WHAT IS A PLANET?
• Large, natural objects that orbit, or travel around, the sun.
• There are 8:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
Mercury is closest to the sun.
As the list goes down, the
planet gets further from the
sun. That means Neptune is
the furthest planet from the
sun!
VOCABULARY!
• Meteor: A meteoroid that burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere is known as a meteor. If
you’ve ever looked up at the sky at night and seen a streak of light or ‘shooting star’ what you are
actually seeing is a meteor.
• Asteroid: Asteroids are small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun. Made of rock and metal, they can
also contain organic compounds. Asteroids are similar to comets but do not have a visible coma (fuzzy
outline and tail) like comets do.
• Comet: A comet is a relatively small solar system body that orbits the sun. When close enough to the
Sun they display a visible coma (a fuzzy outline or atmosphere due to solar radiation) and sometimes a
tail.
• Meteor shower video!
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