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PRESENTED BY
ROHINEE DHALIWAL
SOLAR SYSTEM
• PART I – INTRODUCTION
• PART II – SUN & PLANETS
• PART III – INTERESTING FACTS AND
INFO ABOUT PLANETS
• PART IV -- RECAPITULATION
Our solar system is a group of planets and
moons which travel round, or orbit, a star.
Every star is actually a sun , which may
have its own solar system.
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• The word solar comes from the latin word
“sol” which means sun.
• Our solar system was formed about 4.6
billion years ago.
• The Sun is a star. It is a great, glowing ball
of hydrogen and helium gas.
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• Its surface temperature is 6,000 C.
• Without the Sun’s rays, life on Earth would
die.
• Sun is one million times bigger than our
planet ,Earth.
MARS
EARTH
JUPITER
VENUS
MERCURY
SATURN
URANUS
NEPTUNE
PLUTO
SUN
SOME MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT PLANETS
• All the planets orbit
the Sun.Planets
nearer the Sun,
take less time and
planets further,
take longer, as
explained in table.
MERCURY
87.97 DAYS
VENUS
224.70 DAYS
EARTH
365.26 DAYS
MARS
686.98 DAYS
JUPITER
11.86 YEARS
SATURN
29.50 YEARS
URANUS
84.01 YEARS
NEPTUNE
164.79 YEARS
PLUTO
248.54 YEARS
SOME MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT PLANETS
Planets in our solar system are
named after the Roman gods,like
Mars was the god of war.
SOME MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT PLANETS
A planet may look round ,but it is
actually shaped like a spheroid. It
actually looks like a squashed ball.
WHAT ARE PLANETS MADE OF?
• Most of the smaller planets in our solar
system have a solid surface made of rock.
• Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus and Neptune are
made of gases.
IS THERE LIFE ON OTHER
PLANETS?
All the planets in the solar system have
been explored with telescopes .So
far,nothing living has been found.The other
planets in our system all seem to be too
hot, too cold, or made entirely of gases.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLANETS
SATURN HAS STRIPES & RINGS
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLANETS
SATURN HAS STRIPES & RINGS
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SOME OF THE GASES IN ATMOSPHERE OF SATURN DO NOT
MIX.WHEN SATURN SPINS,HIGH WINDS BLOW THE GAS
AROUND THE PLANET INTO STRIPES.
. SATURN RINGS ARE MADE OF MILLIONS OF DUST AND ICE
PARTICLES.THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM THAT THE RINGS
LOOK SOLID. THE RINGS SHINE BECAUSE THE ICE
PARTICLES IN THEM REFLECT LIGHT.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLANETS
MARS IS RED
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLANETS
MARS IS RED
MARS IS RED BECAUSE IT IS
RUSTY.THE SURFACE OF MARS IS
COVERED IN IRON OXIDE OR RUST ,
WHICH IS FORMED WHEN IRON MIXES
WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF OXYGEN
AND WATER.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLANETS
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THE GREAT REDSPOT
ON JUPITERS SURFACE IS
A FURIOUS STORM.
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VENUS IS ALWAYS
SURRONDED BY CLOUDS
OF SULPHURIC ACID.
RECAPITULATION
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CENTRE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
TOTAL NUMBER OF PLANETS
NAME OF PLANETS
LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
PLANET WITH RINGS & STRIPES
PLANET WITH RUSTY LOOK
NEAREST & FARTHEST PLANET