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THE SOLAR SYSTEM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM QUICK FACTS. Solar System is made up of a star and everything that travels around it from planets, their satellites and dwarf planets. Also includes asteroids, comets, and meteroids. Sun exerts a gravitational pull on all the bodies within the system. Our solar system is located in the Orion arm of the milky way galaxy. THE SUN Quick Facts: 92.1 Percent Hydrogen and 7.8 percent hellium. Gases held together by gravity, Makes up 99.8 percent of all masses in the solar system Yellow Dwarf star, 4.6 billion years old. MERCURY Quick Facts: Smallest planet in our system. Only 36 million miles away from the sun Day time temperatures up to 800 degrees F and Night time temperatures up to -290 F. VENUS Quick Facts: One day on Venus lasts as long as 243 Earth day. Thick and toxic atmosphere made of carbon dioxide and nitrogen with sulfuric acid droplets Retrogade rotation, spins backwards. EARTH Quick Facts: 93 Million miles from our sun Perfect breathable atmosphere. Only planet in our solar system known to support life. EARTH’S MOON Quick Facts: 239 Thousand miles away from Earth Over 100 spacecraft launched to explore the moon, including humans Makes a complete orbit of Earth in 27 days MARS Quick Facts: 142 million miles away from the sun Last terrestrial planet in solar system order Has two moons, Phobos and Deimos ASTEROIDS JUPITER Quick Facts: Largest planet in our solar system Gas giant, with no solid surface, may have an inner solid core about the size of the Earth Has a faint ring. SATURN Quick Facts: 53 known moons, with 9 under confirmation Most complex ring system in our solar system, has seven rings. Cassini mission exploring Saturn and its moon and rings since 2004 URANUS Quick Facts: 1.8 Billion miles away from the sun Orbit around the sun takes about 84 Earth years Has retrograde rotation, rotates on its side and spins horizontally. NEPTUNE Quick Facts: Complete Orbit around sun takes about 165 Earth years Sister ice giant to Uranus 13 moons and 1 waiting confirm, all named after Sea Gods and Nymphs from Greek mythology. DWARF PLANETS METEOROIDS COMETS THE END OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM BIBLIOGRAPHY • Burdick, Autumn. "Planets." Solar System Exploration. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 17 Feb. 2015. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. <https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm>.