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The Solar System Sean Redmond - Student Teacher A Presentation by Mrs. Pettit’s Class May 9. 2003 The Sun By Lynlea & Kathryn • The Sun is a hot and bright star. • No part of the sun is solid or liquid . • You can fit more than 1 thousand Earths in the sun. • Light travels at a speed of about 186,000 miles per second . • The sun has sun spots that are colder than the sun. • The sun is the center of the solar system. Mercury By Dusty & Julia • Mercury is the hottest planet because it is the closest to the Sun. • Mercury is a tanned planet. • Mercury is a dead planet. • Mercury has craters. • Mercury has a year of 88 earth days. • At night, the temperature drops to -300 degrees colder than our south pole. • Mercury is hot and cold at the same time. Venus By Greg & Brandon • Venus is the second planet from the sun. • Venus has no moons. • Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. • Venus is a small, rocky planet blanketed in a thin layer of yellowish clouds. • Venus’s surface is very hot, about 400 degrees Celsius! • Its distance from the sun is about 67,250,000 miles. Earth By Barbara & Andrew • Earth is the third planet from the sun. • Earth is the only planet with water and air. • The Earth is the only planet with life. • The planet Earth spins and rotates. • One rotation takes one day, or 24 hours. • When the Earth spins, it makes night and day. Our Moon By Brandon & Jeffrey • The moon has craters. • The moon’s surface is like powder. • It has the American flag on it. • The moon has no water or life. • The moon is the Earth’s closest neighbor in space, about 1/4 of a million miles away. • The moon has 8 phases. • The moon is a quarter of the Earth’s size. Mars By Corey • Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. • After Earth, Mars is the most likely planet to support life. • Water may have run all over Mars long ago. • Dust storms whip around Mars. • It was named for Greek and Roman gods of war. • The name of the month March comes from the planet Mars. • Did you know that a 100 pound object on Earth would weigh 85 pounds on Mars? Jupiter By Samantha & Alex • Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. • Did you know that Jupiter is made of gases and liquids that swirl around? • Jupiter has many moons orbiting it’s cloudy surface. • Jupiter is the largest planet. • Jupiter has 16 moons. • Jupiter has a Great Red Spot. Saturn By Nick & Alex • Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. • Saturn is made of materials lighter then water. • Saturn is the second largest planet. • Saturn has 18 moons. • It is 885,200,000 miles away from the sun . • Its normal temperature is 28 degrees. • Saturn is the root of the English word Saturday. Uranus By Tyler & Luca • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. • William Hershel was the first to see Uranus in 1781. • Fifty Earths would fit in Uranus if it were hollow. • Uranus has 15 moons. • Uranus spins differently then the other planets. • Uranus is named after the Greek god. • The ring is made out of arctic ice. Neptune By Kelsey • Most of the time Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun, sometimes it is the ninth. • Neptune has 8 known moons; 7 small ones and a large moon called Triton. • It has a great dark spot. • Neptune’s year is 165 Earth years • Neptune is 2,788,000,000 miles from the sun. • It is the third largest planet in our solar system. Pluto By Kelly & Jamieliza • Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun. • Pluto is the smallest planet. • Pluto has 1 moon. • Pluto’s only moon, Charon, is about half the size of Pluto. • It’s distance from the sun is 5,913,520,000 km. • Because it’s orbit is elliptical rather than circular it sometimes moves inside the orbit of Neptune. Asteroids & Meteorites By Michael & Colin • Asteroids are part of our Solar System. • Meteorites are chunks of rocks and metal. • Some of them may have been part of comets and asteroids. • Some meteorites are large as boulders. • Some asteroids are big as a mountain or bigger. • Meteorites can also be small as grains of sand.