mysteries of the universe fadeeva tanya kobegina vika the 8 th class school №196
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Mysteries of the Mysteries of the UniverseUniverse
Fadeeva TanyaFadeeva TanyaKobegina VikaKobegina Vika
The 8The 8thth Class ClassSchool School №№196196
The aims of the The aims of the project:project:
•to find the definition “Solar System”,to find the definition “Solar System”,•to tell about some interesting facts about to tell about some interesting facts about our solar system,our solar system,•to find out why people are so interested to find out why people are so interested in exploration of our Universe.in exploration of our Universe.
What is the Universe?
What is the solar system?
The Sun
The Sun is a yellow dwarf star.
It is believed to be over 4 billion years old.
It is nearly 99% of the galaxy mass.
The MoonThe Moon
The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System!
The Moon is like a desert.
The Moon travels around the Earth in an oval shaped orbit.
Meteorites
Meteoroid is a piece of stone-like or metal-like debris which travels in outer space.
Very bright meteors are known as fireballs.
A small number of meteorites have been shown to be of Lunar (23 finds) or Martian (22) origin.
Stars
Stars formed from gas-dust environment as a result of gravitational compression.
The temperature in the center of the star is around 10-12 million Kelvin.
There are different groups of stars: Red Dwarfs, Yellow Stars, Blue Giants.
Asteroids The Asteroid Belt
An asteroid is a bit of rock.
Most of the asteroids in our solar system can be found orbiting the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroids can be a few feet to several hundred miles wide.
The Dwarf Planets
Comets
A comet's tail can be millions of kilometers in length.
About 100,000 million comets orbit the Sun.
What seems to be light from the comet is actually a reflection of our Sun's light.
Why do we explore space?
To sum up
Our planet is one of the unique planets in the huge universe.