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Space
By Joel
Y5
About Space
Space is a series of
planets and stars,
there are about 400
billion stars in the
milky way and there
are nine planets in
are galaxy.
The biggest planet is
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest
planet in the solar
system also it the fifth
planet from the sun.
Jupiter orbits the sun
every 11.86 earth years
(or 4,332). It is the
brightest in the night
sky when it reaches
opposition to the sun
Mars
Mars is the second to
smallest planet in the
solar system and the
fourth from the sun.
It is described as the red
planet by the roman god
of war. Mars takes
686.971 earth days to
orbit the sun
Venus
Orbiting the sun every
224.7 earth days Venus
is the second planet
from it. It is named after
the roman goddess of
love and beauty. Venus
is classed as Earths
sinister planet due to
there similar size,
gravity and bulk
composition
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet
from the sun and the
second in the solar
system. Saturn got its
name from the roman
god Saturn. Saturn orbits
the sun every 29.4 earth
days. There is also a
ring round Saturn
Mercury
It is the smallest planet
in the solar system. It
orbits the sun once in 88
earth days, The Planet
got its name from the
roman god Mercury!
Due to Mercury's orbit
lies between earths
orbit (as does Venuses)
it can be seen in the sky
as a star in the morning
or evening
Pluto
Pluto is commonly
known as the dwarf
planet and is the 9th
planet from the sun. It
orbits the sun in 248.09
years. Pluto was
discovered in 1930 by a
very fortunate accident.
It is also the only planet
that hasn’t been visited
be a spacecraft
Uranus
• Uranus is the seventh
planet from the sun
and the fourth biggest
planet. The name
Uranus is the ancient
Greek deity of the
heavens. It was the
first planet discovered
in march 1781 by
William Herschel
while looking through
his telescope
Neptune
Neptune is the fourth
biggest planet and the
eighth from the sun.
Neptune was first
discovered by Galle and
d’arrest on 1846
September 23.It takes
164.79 Earth years to
orbit the sun (much
longer from sun so it
takes longer
The Sun
The sun believe it or not is actually a star in
the centre of the universe.
It is actually made up of billions of stars.
Without the sun earth would never survive as
it gives heat and light that the earth needs
to support life
It is the sun that gives light to the moon. The
moon reflects the suns light
Asteroids
Asteroid;
Is a relatively
small, inactive,
rocky body
orbiting the sun.
Sometimes the
crash to earth but
most burn up in
the atmosphere