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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
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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>.