the solar system
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The Solar System
What is our Solar System?Our solar system is made up of:
● 1 star (the Sun)● 8 planets ● 61 moons● over 50,000 asteroids and
comets
The Sun● Is a star (it looks much larger
than other stars because it is a lot closer)
● Is the center of our Solar System
● Contains nearly all of the matter in the Solar System
● Provides Earth and (other planets) with heat and light
● Life would not exist on Earth without the sun
Mercury● Closest planet to the sun
(58,000,000 km away)
● Very hot surface temperature (425° C)
● Length of a Day: 58.67 Earth Days
● Length of a Year:88 Earth Days
Venus● Second planet from the Sun
(108,000,000 km away)
● Similar in size to Earth, and has a thick atmosphere
● Length of a Day: 243 Earth Days
● Length of a Year:225 Earth Days
Earth● Third planet from the Sun
(150,000,000 km away)
● Has one moon, which orbits the planet once every 29.5 days
● Only planet to have life (that we know of) and liquid water
● Length of a Day: 24 hours
● Length of a Year:365 Earth Days
Mars● Fourth planet from the Sun
(228,000,000 km away)
● Has the largest volcano in the Solar System
● Has a thin atmosphere, and an ice cap containing frozen water
● Length of a Day: 24.5 hours
● Length of a Year:1.9 Earth Years
Jupiter● Fifth planet from the Sun
(778,000,000 km away)
● Largest planet in the Solar System (diameter of 143,000 km)
● Has a giant red spot (which is a giant storm that never stops)
● Length of a Day: 10 hours
● Length of a Year:11.9 Earth Years
Saturn● Sixth planet from the Sun
(1,427,000,000 km away)
● Has a ring of dust and rocks
● Almost twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter
● Length of a Day: 10.5 hours
● Length of a Year:29.5 Earth Years
Uranus● Seventh planet from the Sun
(2,869,000,000 km away)
● Its axis is tilted horizontally (Rotates up and down instead of sideways)
● About twice as far from the Sun as Saturn
● Length of a Day: 17 hours
● Length of a Year:84 Earth Years
Neptune● Eighth planet from the Sun
(4,505,000,000 km away)
● Farthest planet from the Sun
● Has the largest moon in the Solar System (Triton)
● Length of a Day: 16 hours
● Length of a Year:165 Earth Years