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The Planets
And What They Are/Mean
Mercury
• Mercury is the Roman messenger
God(Hermes is Greek.)
• The planet probably received this name
because it moves so quickly across the sky.
• Mercury is seen as a star on Earth without an
telescope.
• Venus is the Roman God of love(Aphrodite in
Greek.)
• Venus reaches best brightness shortly before
sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which
reason it has been known as the Morning Star
or the Evening Star.
• Venus is sometimes called Earth’s ‘sister’
Earth
• Earth is also called Terra the Roman Mother
Earth(Gaia in Greek.)
• Earth is Home to the only forms of living
things known (as of 16 May 2012.)
• Earth is tilted at 23.4° because earlier a
massive asteroid hit earth.
Mars
• Mars is named after the Roman God of
war(Ares in Greek.)
• it is often described as the "Red Planet" as the
iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a
reddish appearance.
• Iron oxide is composed of iron and oxygen.
Asteroid belt
• The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar
System located roughly between the orbits of
the planets Mars and Jupiter.
• The asteroid belt is home to asteroids as small
as your little finger and as big as Pluto.
• The biggest is the dwarf planet Ceres.
Jupiter
• Jupiter is the Roman king of Gods, God of the
skies and master of lightning (Zeus in Greek.)
• Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar
System (that is probably why its called Jupiter.)
• The Great Red Spot is a giant storm that is
known to have existed since at least the 17th
century when it was first seen by telescope.
Saturn
• Saturn is the Roman Titan lord of time (Kronos
in Greek.)
• Saturn has a ring system that has nine
continuous main rings composed mostly of ice
particles with a smaller amount of rocky
debris and dust.
• Titan, Saturn's largest and the Solar System's
second largest moon, is larger than the planet
Mercury
Uranus
• Uranus is the Greek father sky
• In mythology Uranus’s son Saturn cut up
Uranus with his sickle.
• It is the coldest planetary atmosphere in the
Solar System, with a minimum temperature of
49 K (−224 °C).
Neptune
• Neptune is the Roman God of the sea
(Poseidon in Greek)
• It is the coldest planetary atmosphere in the
Solar System, with a minimum temperature of
49 K (−224 °C).
• Astronomers sometimes categorize Uranus
and Neptune as "ice giants“.
Dwarf Planets
• A dwarf planet is a small planet that smaller
then the moon.
• There are five dwarf planets in the Solar
System: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake,
and Eris.
PROVE YOUR
KNOWLEDGE
How small is a dwarf planet?
• Small.
• Smaller then Saturn
• Smaller then the moon
• Smaller then the SUN
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Venus is the god of…
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Beauty and love
Blood and gory
Hate and ugliness
Hippies
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What is the coldest planetary
atmosphere in the Solar System
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Mercury
Mt Everest
Me in ice
Neptune
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Test your scores…….
0-1- need to work on your memory
2-well you will know next time
3-either you have a great memory or you’re a
genius
Bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune