Solar System

INDEX1. Solar System and Origin2. The Sun3. Planets4. Dwarf Planets5. Satellites6. Asteroids7. Comets8. Nowadays

SOLAR SYSTEM

Planetary system of the Milky Way Sun, planets, dwarf planets,

satellites, asteroids, comets and interplanetary space

ORIGIN Theory of the Solar

Nebula

SUN* Element more important and bigger

* Closest star to Earth

* Makes life possible

* H-He-O-C-N-Ne-Fe-Mg…

* 4,600 millions of years

* Red Giant White →Dwarf star

PLANETS

* Bodies in orbit around a star, the Sun

* Rocky planets

* Gas planets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmGgDSYSRK0

MERCURY* Roman god Mercurius

* Surface covered with craters

* Atmosphere: He-Na-O

VENUS

* Roman goddess Venus

* Brightest object in the Sky after the Sun and the Moon

* Atmosphere: CO2

EARTH* Our home Planet

* Only planet that can supports life

* Atmosphere and magnetic field

* Solar activity: climates and auroras

MARS

* Roman God of war

* Egyptian: “Her Descher”

* Atmosphere:CO2-N-Ar-O-H2O-Ne

JUPITER

* Roman god Jupiter -Greek

u Ζε ς

* Largest planet

* Inside of it fit 1000 Earths

SATURN* Roman god Saturn

* Most spectacular set of rings

* 62 Moons

* Atmosphere: H-He

URANUS* Greek god Ουρανός

* It’s covered with clouds * Faint ring system and

27 Moons

* Atmosphere: H-methane-others

NEPTUNE* Roman god Neptune -

Greek Ποσειδών

* It’s a very cold place with strong winds

* Bluish colour caused by methane gas in its atmosphere

* “ La Gran Mancha Oscura”

DWARF PLANETS* Celestial bodies with sufficient mass

to have a spherical form, but they haven’t cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit

* Pluto

Ceres Haumea Makemake Eris

SATELLITES OR MOONS

Bodies in orbit around a planet

ASTEROIDS* Planets or

fragments of planets in orbit around a star

* Rocky objects with an irregular shape

* Asteroid belt

COMETS* Lumps of frozen

dust and gases

* Long tails

* Comet Halley

NOWADAYSLand telescopes

Observatories

Space missions

LINKS http://www.solarviews.com/ http://nineplanets.org/

http://thebigview.com/spacetime/universe.html

http://www.windows2universe.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System

Bárbara Pardo González1º Bach