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Solar Dream
Cruise
By: Joseph David, Alex Ostrowski,
& Jenna Dusaj
Activities on Ship
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Water Park
Basketball court
Arcade room
Buffet
Mall
10 Five star restaurants
100 Presidential Suites
Go carts
Laser Tag
Mercury
Prominent Feature: The largest known crater is Caloris Basin
2 Moons larger in size but less massive
Extremely large iron core that is 42% of its volume
Crater filled terrain with a small maria or flat are due to early volcanic
activity
hydrogen, helium, oxygen, sodium, calcium, potassium and water vapor
make up the atmosphere
Extreme Temperature changes from 400 to -200C
57,910,000 km away from the sun
Tanning, excavations, rock collecting
Venus
Prominent Feature: are lava flows which result from the many volcanic eruptions
No satellites
Extremely thick, dense atmosphere
Many mountains, craters, and volcanoes
The main gases in its atmosphere are carbon dioxide and nitrogen
Surface Temp : 480C
108,200,000 km away from the sun
4.5 minutes from Mercury
Lava surfing, mountain climbing, watch volcanoes erupt
Venus
Mars
Prominent Feature: Largest volcano in the solar system
Has 2 moons
Unusual characteristic: Red tinted soil due to iron
Terrain consists canyons, volcanoes, river beds, and craters
The Martian atmosphere is about 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon,
and traces of free oxygen, carbon monoxide, water and methane
Temp: 20 to -90C
227,900,000 km away from the sun
10 minutes from Venus
Converse with aliens, fish, canoe, swim
Jupiter
Prominent Feature: Great red spot
67 moons
Core is composed of liquid rock
No surface terrain
the atmosphere is 75% hydrogen and 24% helium by mass, with the
remaining one percent of the mass consisting of other elements
-145C
778,500,000 km from sun
15 minutes from Mars
Visit one of its moons, Europa, explore the great red spot,
Saturn
Prominent Feature: thousands of rings surrounding it
62 moons
Unusual characteristic: it’s the least dense of all the
planets
No surface terrain
-175C
1,400,000,000 km from sun
1 hour from Jupiter
Visit its moon, Titan, ice skating, shuffle board
Uranus
Prominent Feature: its axis rotates sideways
27 moons
Coldest planet in solar system
No surface terrain
Atmosphere is composed of hydrogen ,helium, and
methane
-224 C
2,877,000,000 km from sun
2 hours from Saturn
Go to its moon Miranda, rock climbing,
Neptune
Prominent Feature: Great Dark Spot
13 moons
Farthest planet from sun
No surface terrain
Atmosphere is composed of hydrogen, helium, and
methane
-218 C
4,503,000,000 km
2 hours from Uranus
Go to its moon Triton, ice skating, explore the great dark
spot
Bibliography
http://www.universetoday.com/44572/neptunes-distance-fromthe-sun/
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus