the solar system and beyond by 3b

The Solar System and Beyond

By 3B

SUN5 billion years oldMade of plasma

98% of matter in solar system.Provides heat and light.

This is the symbol for the Sun

BY Vincent ,Eli

MercuryMercury was discovered in June 25, 1370 BC.

Ancient people discovered Mercury.

Mercury has zero moons.

Mercury has no rings.

Mercury is the closest planet to our Sun

By: Harry and Isabel

VENUS

Venus spins backwards on it’s axis.Venus does not have a moon.

No one knows who discovered Venus.One year on Venus is 225 Earth days.

Venus is Earth’s twin.

• By: ELI and CLAIRE

EARTHEarth has one moon.

Earth is some times called the weather planet.

Earth takes 24 hours to complete a day.

Earth is covered in 75% of water.

The symbol of Earth is

By Megan and Kara

MOON

Moon reflects light from Sun.The moon is about 4.6 billion years

old.Craters are bowl-like holes on the

moon.Maria are dark spots of rock on the

moon.The moon has no water.

By: Anna and Lulu

MARS

Mars has the largest volcano.Mars has two moons.

A day is 24 hours and 37 minutes.It is close to Earth and Jupiter.

It does not have rings.

By: Joe and Alyssa

ASTEROID BELT• A N A S T E R O I D I S A L A R G E R O C K F R O M

O U T E R S PAC E .• A S T E R O I D S A R E L E FT OV E R M AT E R I A L S

F R O M T H E F O R M AT I O N O F T H E S O L A R S Y S T E M .

• 4 0 2 M I L L I O N K M• 2 6 V E RY L A R G E A S T E R O I D S H AV E

B E E N D I S C OV E R E D .• A S T E R O I D S A R E L E FT OV E R M AT E R I A L S . • I F A L L T H E A S T E R O I D S W E R E J O I N E D

T O G E T H E R I T W O U L D B E A S B I G A S O U R M O O N .

BY : SYMONE AND LAETITIA

JupiterJupiter was discovered in 1610.

Jupiter has a “Great Red Spot” called a storm.

Jupiter has 63 moons.Jupiter was discovered by Galileo.

Jupiter has small rings.

By. P.J. & Shea

Saturn

1. Saturn is the second biggest planet.

2. 30 years is one year on Saturn.3. Saturn was discovered in 1610.

4. Each ring of Saturn goes at a different speed.

5. The rings are 169,800 miles wide.

By: Rory and Johnny

URANUS FACTS

• URANUS L IES ON IT ’S S IDE.• URANUS IS AN ANCIENT GREEK

GOD.• URANUS IS NEGATIVE 355

DEGREES.• WILLIAM HERSHEL

DISCOVERED URANUS• URANUS HAS 20 MOONS.

By Austin and Audrey

NeptuneDiscovered in 184613 moonsVery dark and faint ringsits year equals 165 Earth yearsNeptune has a great dark spot that disappeared

By Claire and Olivia

MILKY WAYThe Milky Way is a spiral galaxy.

The Milky Way has about 400 billion stars.

Dust is in the middle of the Milky Way.The disk in the middle is flat like a

pancake.The Milky Way holds many unknown

objects such as sedna.

By: Lulu and Nick