9 Planets of the Solar System

MENUMercuryVenus Earth Mars

Jupiter Saturn UranusNeptune

Pluto

MERCURYQUICK FACTSclosest planet to our sun smallest planet in the solar system named after a roman godOrbits the sun ever 88 daysHas zero moonscratered terrain and smooth plains

• The only spacecraft to come close to Mercury was Mariner 10 from 1974 to 1975, which was only able to map 40%–45% of the planet's surface.

VENUSQUICK FACTSsecond closest planet to the sun located between our Earth and Mercurynamed after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. A rocky, dusty, waterless expanse of mountains, canyons, and plains

• The Magellan Spacecraft took 15 months to reach Venus. It was inserted in orbit around Venus on August 10, 1990.

EarthQUICK FACTSThird planet from the Sun The fifth largest planet in the solar systemName comes from old English and GermanOver 4.5 billion years oldDiameter 12,800 km

• 2,271 satellites currently in orbit. Russia has the most satellites currently in orbit, with 1,324 satellites, followed by the U.S. with 658. space-ships (spacecraft).

MARSQUICK FACTSreddish in color named after the god of war of the ancient Romansonly planet whose surface can be seen in detail from the Earthfourth closest planet to the Sun and the next planet beyond the Earth

• Mars was explored in flybys by Mariner 4, 6 and 7 in the 1960s and by the orbiting Mariner 9 in 1971. Mars Pathfinder landed on the planet on July 4, 1997, delivering a mobile robot rover that explored the immediate vicinity.

JupiterQUICK FACTSLARGEST PLANET in our Solar System. Jupiter has at least 39 moons

• Galileo Spacecraft was the first Planet Jupiter Obiter and the first outer solar system orbiter. It was launched on 18th October, 1989 towards planet Jupiter. The Galileo Spacecraft mission ended on 12 September 2003.

SaturnQUICK FACTSsecond largest planetnamed after a Roman God famous for its beautiful rings.It has at least 31 moons.

• Saturn has been visited in flybys in the 1970s by NASA's Pioneer 11 and in 1980-81 by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.

• The Cassini spacecraft, launched in 1997 arrived at Saturn in July 2004. The Hugens probe will explore the moon -Titan.

Pioneer 11

Voyager 1

UranusQUICK FACTSthird largest planet in the solar system seventh planet from the sun. has rings like Planet Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. Moons: 27Named after the Greek god of the sky.Uranus is the farthest planet that can be seen

without a telescope.

• The only spacecraft to visit Planet Uranus was the Voyager 2 spacecraft in a flyby in 1986. It discovered 10 moons and two rings in addition to studying moons and rings previously seen from Earth.

NeptuneQUICK FACTSeighth planet from the sunalso known as the Blue Giant has ringsatmosphere is mostly hydrogen and heliumIn Roman mythology Neptune was the god of

the Sea.8 known moons

•Voyager 2 observed the Great Dark Spot. Recent observations made with the Hubble Space Telescope indicate that the Great Dark Spot no longer exists.

PlutoQUICK FACTSfarthest known planet from the Sun.only one planet that has not been visited by

spacecraft. one moon called Charon. named Pluto after the God of the Underworld in

Roman mythology. In Greek mythology the equivalent god is Hades.

• NASA has for at least a decade been planning a fly-by of the solar systems most distant planet. The latest version, called New Horizons will be launched in 2006.

Works Cited

Stathopoulos., Vic. (2009, November 28). Space projects and info. Retrieved from http://www.aerospaceguide.net/index.html

“Ah HA” Moments

①My first “Ah Ha” moment was when I figured out how to hyperlink the slides together.

②My second “Ah Ha” moment was when I took the pictures from the one cite I used and placed them on the slides.

③My third “Ah Ha” moment was when I found the shapes I used for the arrows and the home button.