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Space Distances Since distances in space are so vast, we need to use the astronomical unit, which is abbreviated AU. One AU is equal to 150 million kilometers. This is the average distance between the Earth and the sun. My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies. Are made of dust and frozen gases such as ice When a comet that travels near the sun, the radiation vaporizes some of the dust and gas creating a tail Is a small rocky planet with a frozen crust Its moon, named Charon, is nearly half its size In 2006, Pluto was classified as a dwarf planet Crosses orbits with Pluto so at times Neptune is farthest from the sun Is a big gas giant with rings Has a methane atmosphere, which makes it a blue-green color Its axis of rotation is almost even with its plane of orbit It has a ring system and many moons Is best known for its elaborate ring system Rings are made up of millions of particles of dust, ice and rocks The particles can range in size from a speck of dust to a boulder several meters wide It is the largest planet in the solar system The Great Red Spot is a giant storm that is larger than Pluto One of its moon’s, Io, has more active volcanoes than anywhere in the solar system. Is a band of rocks that lies between the outer planets (the gas giants) and inner planets (the terrestrial planets) Jupiter’s gravity keep these rocks from forming a planet has seasons and polar ice caps we have sent many unmanned rovers to explore its surface there is evidence that there was once liquid water there gets its red color from iron oxide (rust) surface temperatures allow H2O to exist as a solid, liquid and gas its atmosphere blocks ultraviolet light from reaching the surface only planet in the solar system with life is surrounded by thick clouds the clouds create an extreme greenhouse effect making temperatures hot enough to bake a clay pot (470 ºC) planet closest to the sun surface is marked with craters from meteor impacts