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STAR TREKKERS
BY
AYESHA LALANI ,ANJIYA
LAKHANI, NAEEM IDOW AND
AZIM MEGHJI
CENTRAL IDEA
THE EARTH IS A PART OF A VAST AND
COMPLEX UNIVERSE THAT OPERATES
ON A SET OF CONSTANT PRINCIPLES.
AN INQUIRY INTO:
THE SUN AND THE PLANETS AND THEIR
PLACE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
THE PLANET NAMES
MERCURY
 VENUS
 EARTH
 MARS
 JUPITER
 SATURN
 URANUS
 NEPTUNE
 PLUTO

MERCURY
MERCURY IS THE CLOSEST TO THE
SUN BUT IS NOT THE HOTTEST
PLANET.
MERCURY IS BROWN IN COLOUR. IN
DIAMETER MERCURY IS 4,878
KILOMETERS BIG! IT IS THE SMALLEST
PLANET. MERCURY'S SURFACE IS
CRACKED BECAUSE OF THE SUNS
HEAT. IT IS NAMED AFTER THE
MESSENGER OF GODS.
VENUS
VENUS IS THE SECOND CLOSEST TO
THE SUN BUT THE HOTTEST
PLANET.VENUS IS NAMED AFTER THE
ROMAN GODDES OF LOVE. VENUS IS
GOLDEN BROWN. VENUS IS COVERED
WITH THICK, SPINNING CLOUDS. IN
DIAMETER VENUS IS 12,104
KILOMETERS BIG.
EARTH
EARTH IS WERE WE LIVE. IT IS NEAR
ENOUGH FOR THE HEAT FROM THE
SUN TO MAKE THE PLANET WARM.
BUT IT IS NOT AS HOT AS MERCURY
AND VENUS. ITS DIAMETER IS 12,756
KILOMETERS.THE DISTANCE FROM
THE SUN IS 149,597,870 KILOMETERS.
MARS
MARS IS A REDDISH-BROWNISH
COLOUR. IT HAS 2 KNOWN MOONS. IT
IS NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF
WAR. THE DIAMETER OF MARS IS
6,787 KILOMETERS. THE DISTANCE
FROM THE SUN IS 187,595,730
KILOMETERS.
JUPITER
JUPITER IS THE BIGGEST PLANET IN
THE SOLAR SYSTEM. BETWEEN MARS
AND JUPITER THERE IS AN ASTEROID
BELT. JUPITER IS NAMED AFTER THE
ROMAN KING OF GODS. THE
DIAMETER OF JUPITER IS 142,800
KILOMETERS. THE DISTANCE FROM
THE SUN IS 778,357,720 KILOMETERS.
JUPITER HAS 27 KNOWN MOONS. IT IS
A HUGE BALL OF GAS.
SATURN
SATURN IS FAMOUS FOR ITS RINGS.
SATURN IS NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN
GOD OF FARMING. THE DIAMETER OF
SATURN IS 120,660 KILOMETERS. THE
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN IS 1,427,
014,100 KILOMETERS. SATURN HAS 30
KNOWN MOONS.JUST LIKE JUPITER,
SATURN IS A BALL OF GAS.
URANUS
URANUS IS A VERY COLD PLANET. IT IS
ABOUT 64 TIMES BIGGER THAN
EARTH.URANUS HAS RINGS BUT THEY
ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM EARTH. THE
DIAMETER OF URANUS IS 51,118
KILOMETERS. URANUS HAS 21
KNOWN MOONS. THE DISTANCE FROM
THE SUN IS 2,869,287,100
KILOMETERS.URANUS IS ALSO A BALL
OF GAS.
NEPTUNE
NEPTUNE IS THE COLDEST PLANET.IT IS
THE LAST PLANET FROM THE SUN. IT
IS NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF
THE SEA. THE DIAMETER IS 49,528
KILOMETERS. THE DISTANCE FROM
THE SUN IS 4,497,000,000. NEPTUNE
HAS 8 KNOWN MOONS. JUST LIKE
JUPITER , SATURN AND URANUS,
NEPTUNE IS A BALL OF GAS.