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The Solar System
A Unit Overview
The Sun
• Photosphere:
The surface of the Sun.
• Chromosphere:
Lies above the photosphere.
• Corona:
Extends millions of miles above the
chromosphere.
The Inner Planets
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
The Outer Planets
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
Pluto
Pluto is the only
planet that has not
been visited by a
spacecraft.
Comets
Examples:
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Comet Kohoutek
Comet Hyakutake
Comet Hale-Bopp
Comet West
Asteroids
Asteroids are material
left over from the
formation of the solar
system.
Meteors and Meteorites
•Meteors:
Solar system particles
that hit the Earth’s
atmosphere.
•Meteorites:
Meteors that land on the
Earth’s surface.
Credits:
• General Information:
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nine
planets/nineplanets.html
• Images:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov