The Solar System Mrs. Kilgo’s Class 2010-2011. Sun Medium-sized star Helium and Hydrogen gases.
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Transcript of The Solar System Mrs. Kilgo’s Class 2010-2011. Sun Medium-sized star Helium and Hydrogen gases.
The Solar System
Mrs. Kilgo’s Class
2010-2011
Sun
• Medium-sized star• Helium and Hydrogen gases
Mercury
• Closest to the sun• Doesn’t have a moon• Hottest planet-coldest at night• No life
Venus
• 2nd closest to sun• Clouds made of acid• No moons
Earth
• Supports life• Has water• Has atmosphere
Mars
• Red planet• Closest planet to asteroid belt• May have had life before
Jupiter
• Has rings• Biggest gas giant• All the planets could fit inside Jupiter• Has a red spot (storm)
Saturn
• Rings made of dirt, ice, and rock• Gas giant
Uranus
• Spins on it’s side• Acid ocean that gives it blue-green look• May have collided with another planet (why it
is tilted)• Spins backwards
Neptune
• Thin ring you can barely see• Blue• Twin of Uranus
Pluto
• Dwarf planet• Coldest• Spins back from sun
Eris
• Larger than Pluto• Farthest from sun• Newest planet known to man