Our Solar System By Caroline 6A

Meaning of Celestial Objects

Celestial Object means natural objects that is visible in the sky (Space) such as a star or

planet.

The Celestial Objects in Our Solar System

Celestial Objects in Our Solar System

The Sun

Planets ( Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and their Moons (if they have) Dwarf Planets

Meteoroids Comets

Asteroids

The Sun

The Sun• The sun is not a planet, so it does not have any

moons. The Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens thousand of asteroids, and hundreds of thousands to three trillion comets and icy bodies.

• Our sun is yellow, orange an a bit red.• The sun is a very big star. • It is in the center of our solar system.• Surface Temperature: 5504o C• Mass:

1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg • Gravity: 274.0 m/s2

• Composition: 92.1 % Hydrogen, 7.8 % Helium• Atmosphere: Photosphere, Chromosphere, and

Corona. • Surface Area: 6,078,747,774,547 km2

• Age: 4.6 billion years • Discovered by: known by the Ancients

Planets & Their Moons(Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,

Neptune)

Mercury • Mercury is a planet. Mercury is the closest planet to The

Sun.• Mercury is slightly larger than Earth’s Moon• Mercury has no rings and moons.• Surface Area: 7.4797 x 107 km2

• Orbit: Mercury orbits The Sun. It takes 88 days for Mercury to orbit The Sun.

• Rotation on its Axis: It takes 176 days for Mercury to rotate on its axis.

• Temperature: Minimum: -173oC Maximum: 427oC• Mass: 330,104,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg• Gravity: 3.7 m/s2

• Composition: 70 % Metal and 30% Silicate Material• Atmosphere: 95.32% Carbon Dioxide, 2.7% Nitrogen, 1.6%

Argon, 0.13% Oxygen, 0.07% Carbon Monoxide, 0.03% Water Vapor, 0.0013% Nitric Oxide.

• Discovered By: Known by the Ancients

Venus• Venus is the 2nd Planet from The Sun. • Venus’s size is similar to Earth. It’s often called Earth’s “Sister

Planet”. • Venus is the hottest planet of all planets with the surface

temperature reaching up to 460oC. • Venus rotates backwards, Scientists believe Venus rotates

backwards because an asteroid crashed Venus long ago and disturbed its rotation.

• Venus has no rings and moons.• Surface Area: 4.6023 x 108 km2

• Orbit: Venus orbits The Sun. It takes 225 days for Venus to orbit The Sun.

• Rotation on its Axis: Venus rotates backward. It takes 243 days for Venus to rotate once in its axis.

• Temperature: The average temperature of Venus is 462oC• Mass: 4.8673 x 1024 kg• Gravity: 8.87 m/s2

• Composition: The Composition of Venus is pretty similar to Earth, with a core of metal, a mantle of liquid rock, and an outer crust of solid rock.

• Atmosphere: 96% Carbon Dioxide • Discovered By: Known by the Ancients

Earth• Earth is the 3rd planet from The Sun. • Earth our home planet, it’s the only planet known in our solar

system where life exist.• Earth is often called the “Water Planet” because it’s the only

planet in our solar system which has liquid water in its surface.• Surface Area: 5.1006 x 108 km2

• Orbit: The Earth orbits The Sun. It takes 365.4 days for Earth to orbit The Sun.

• Rotation on its Axis: Earth rotates from West to East. It takes 24 hours for Earth to rotate in its axis.

• Temperature: Minimum: -88oC Maximum: 58oC• Mass: 5.9722 x 1024 kg • Gravity: 9.80665 m/s2

• Composition: Earth has multiple layers: the crust, mantle and core.

• Atmosphere: The atmosphere is 785 Nitrogen and 21% oxygen.• Discovered By: Known by the Ancients.

Earth’s Moon• Earth has only one moon. It’s called Luna.• Luna orbits the Earth.• The first person to walk on the moon was an American

Astronaut, Neil Armstrong, on 21st July 1969. • Surface Area: 3.793669 x 107 km2

• Distance from Earth: 384,403 km • Orbit: The Moon orbits the Earth every 27.3 days.• Rotation on its Axis: The Moon rotates on its axis in

around the same length of time it takes to orbit the Earth.

• Temperature: Minimum: -233oC Maximum: 123oC• Mass: 7.3477 x 1022 kg• Gravity: 1.624 m/s2

• Atmosphere: Moon has a very thin atmosphere.• Discovered By: Known by the Ancients • Age: 4.5 billion years old.

Mars• Mars is the 4th Planet from The Sun.• Mars has the largest volcano in our solar system. It’s

called “The Olympus Mons” • Mars is a reddish planet because it contains mainly of iron.• Surface Area: 1.4437 x 108 km2

• Orbit: Mars orbits The Sun. it takes 687 days for Mars to complete an orbit.

• Rotation on its Axis: Mars needs 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds to rotate on its axis once.

• Temperature: Minimum: -87oC Maximum: -5oC• Mass: 6.4169 x 1023 kg• Gravity: 3.71 m/s2

• Composition: Mars Composition is similar to Earth. It has a core that is mainly iron & sulfur, wrapped I a mantle and covered by a crust that is made of basalt and enough iron oxide that makes this planet reddish.

• Atmosphere: Carbon Dioxide 95%, Nitrogen 3%, Argon 1.6%, amounts of oxygen, water vapour and other gases.

• Discovered By: Known by the Ancients

Mars’s Moons

• Mars has 2 moons. Phobos and Deimos.

• The Moons of Mars are among the smallest in the solar system.

• Phobos is a bit larger than Deimos.• The moons orbits only 6,000km

Phobos Deimos

Jupiter• Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun, Jupiter is known as

the biggest planet in our solar system.• Jupiter has 64 moons, the largest four: Lo, Europa,

Ganymede, and Callisto.• There is a permanent storm on Jupiter that is called The

Great Red Spot.• Surface Area: 6.1419 x 1010 km2

• Orbit: Jupiter orbits the sun. it takes 12 years or 4331 days to orbit The Sun.

• Rotation on its Axis: Jupiter has the fastest rotation of all planets in the Solar System. It only takes 9.9 hours to rotate on its axis.

• Temperature: -148oC• Mass: 1.8981 x 1027 kg• Gravity: 24.97 m/s2

• Composition: Hydrogen 90%, Helium 10%• Atmosphere: Jupiter’s atmosphere is mainly hydrogen and

helium.• Discovered By: Known by the Ancients

Jupiter’s Moons

• Jupiter has 64 moons that orbits around Jupiter. The largest four (Lo ,Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto)

Jupiter’s Permanent Storm

• Jupiter has a permanent storm on its surface called The Great Red Spot.

• About 100 years ago, the storm covered over 40,000 km of the surface. It is currently about one half of that size and seems to be shrinking.

Saturn• Saturn is the 6th planet from The Sun.• Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in our solar system.• Saturn has 53 known moons (plus 9 awaiting for official

confirmation) • Saturn has more than 30 rings. Some of the rings is named by the

alphabets. The rings are relatively close to each other. Saturn’s ring is made of rocks, ice and dust.

• Surface Area: 4.2612 x 1010 km2

• Orbit: Saturn orbits The Sun. It takes 29.7 years for Saturn to orbit around the Sun.

• Rotation on its Axis: Saturn rotates at different rates depending on their distance from the equator. Astronomers have developed 3 different systems for measuring the rotational speed of Saturn. System 1 rotation speed is 10 hours and 14 minutes. System 2 rotation speed is 10 hours and 39 minutes. System 3 takes 10 hours and 39 minutes too.

• Temperature: -178oC• Mass: 5.6832 x 1026 kg• Gravity: 10.4* m/s2

• Composition: Hydrogen 96%, Helium 3%, and 1% various elements that include methane, ammonia, ethane and hydrogen deutride.

• Atmosphere: Hydrogen 75%, Helium 25%, with amounts of other substances like water, ice and methane.

• Discovered By: known by the Ancients

Saturn’s Moons

• Saturn has 53 known moon (plus 9 awaiting official confirmation)

• One of them, Rhea, This moon has rings. This would be the first discovery of a moon that has a ring system.

Saturn’s Rings

• Saturn is best known for its Ring System.

• Saturn has more than 30 rings.

• Some of the rings is named by the alphabets. The rings are close to each other.

• Saturn’s ring is made of rocks, ice and dust.

Uranus• Uranus is the 7th Planet from the sun.• Uranus is the coldest planet in our solar system. • Uranus has 27 known moons.• Uranus has 13 rings.• Surface Area: 8.0831 x 109 km2

• Orbit: Uranus orbits the sun. It takes 84.3 years for Uranus to orbit around The Sun.

• Rotation on its Axis: It takes 17 hours and 14 minutes for Uranus to spin once on its axis.

• Temperature: -224oCx• Mass: 8.6810 x 1025 kg• Gravity: 8.87 m/s2

• Composition: Mostly made of ices, water, methane, and ammonia.

• Atmosphere: Composed mainly of Hydrogen, Helium and Methane.

• Discovered By: William Herschel • Date of Discovery: 13th March 1781

Uranus’s Moons

• Uranus has 27 known moons. • Oberon and Titania are the

largest moons of Uranus.

Oberon Titania

Uranus’s Rings

• The total number of rings circling Uranus is 13.

• Uranus rings consist of 3 major groups.

• Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are some of the rings’ names.

Neptune• Neptune is the 8th and farthest planet from the sun. • Like Jupiter, Neptune has a permanent storm called the Great

Dark Spot.• Surface Area: • Orbit: Neptune orbits The Sun. it takes 165 years for Neptune to

orbit around The Sun.• Rotation on its Axis: Neptune takes 16 hours, 6 minutes and 36

seconds to rotate once on its axis.• Temperature: -214oC• Mass: • Gravity: 11.15 m/s2

• Composition: Beneath the atmosphere is the planet’s large mantle. The planet’s large mantle: water, ammonia, methane, and other compounds. At the very center of Neptune is the Planet’s Core. Planet’s Core: iron, nickel and other silicates.

• Atmosphere: Hydrogen 80%, Helium 19%, with amounts of other ices, like methane, ammonia and water ice.

• Discovered By: Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch.• Date of Discovery: 23rd September 1846

Neptune’s Moon• Neptune has 13 known

moons. • The largest moon is called

Triton.

Neptune’s Ring

• Neptune has five rings: Galle, Le Verrier, Lassell, Arago, and Adams. Its rings were named after the astronomers who made an important discovert regarding the planet.

• Neptune also has a ring system which is composed mostly of ice.

Neptune’s Permanent Storm

• Neptune has a permanent storm called the Great Dark Spot.

• Around the Great Dark Spot, Winds were measured blowing up to 2,400 km an hour, the fastest in the Solar System.

Dwarf Planets(Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake,

Haumea)

Pluto

• Pluto is not a planet anymore but known as a dwarf planet.

• Pluto has 1 moon, it’s called Charon.• Surface Area: 1.6648 x 107 km2 • Orbit: Pluto orbits the Sun. It takes 248 years for Pluto

to complete one full revolution around the sun.• Rotation on its Axis: It take 6.4 days for Pluto to rotate

once on its axis.• Temperature: -223oC to -233oC • Mass: 1.3090 x 1022 kg• Gravity: 0.4 m/s2

• Composition: Nitrogen 90%, 10% other complex molecules such as methane

• Atmosphere: Methane and Nitrogen• Time of Discovery: 1930

Pluto’s Moon

• Pluto has one moon called Charon.

• The distance between Pluto and Charon is 19,640 km.

Ceres• Ceres is one of the dwarf planets.• Ceres is 14 times smaller than Pluto.• Ceres doesn’t has any moons.• Surface Area: 2.8496 x 106 km2

• Orbit: Ceres orbits The Sun. It takes 4.6 years for Ceres to orbit The Sun.

• Rotation on its Axis: It takes 9 hours and 4 minutes for Ceres to rotate once on its axis.

• Temperature: -106oC at the average distance from The Sun. -34.15oC at the closest distance from The Sun.

• Mass: 9.47 x 1020 kg • Gravity: 0.27 m/s2

• Composition: 25% of the mass of all asteroids combined.• Atmosphere: Ceres’s atmosphere is very thin and not yet

detected.• Discovered By: Giuseppe Piazzi• Discovery Date: 1st January 1801

Eris• Eris is one of the Dwarf Planet.• Eris it the most massive dwarf planet in the Solar

System.• Eris has 1 moon, it’s called Dysnomia.• Surface Area: 2,5000 km • Orbit: Eris orbits The Sun. It takes 557 years to complete

an orbit of The Sun.• Rotation on its Axis: It takes 25.9 hours to rotate once

on its axis. • Temperature: -217oC to -243oC• Mass: 1.6 x 1022 kg• Gravity: 0.6554 m/s2 • Composition: Rock and Ice• Atmosphere: Methane• Discovered By: Michael E Brown• Date of Discovery: October 21, 2003

Eris’s Moon

• Eris has one moon that is called Dysnomia.

• It’s the only known moon of dwarf planet, Eris.

Makemake• Along with fellow dwarf planets Pluto

and Haumea, Makemake is located in the Kuiper Belt, a area outside the orbit of Neptune.

• Astronomers believe it is slightly smaller than Pluto.

• It takes 310 years for this dwarf planet to make one orbit around our Sun.

Haumea

• Haumea is one of the Dwarf Planet. • It’s also one of the fastest rotating

object in our Solar System. • Haumea turn on its axis for every

four hours. • Haumea orbits the Sun. It takes 285

years for Haumea to orbit around the Sun.

Asteroids

• An asteroid is a large rock in Outer Space.• Asteroids orbits the Sun.• Asteroids don’t have enough gravity to pull

themselves into a shape of a ball, that’s why they are too small to be called planets.

• Asteroids are left overs materials from the formation of the Solar System.

• 26 very large asteroids have been discovered. But there are stil millions of smaller ones.

Meteoroids

• Meteoroids are bits of rock and ice in Outer Space.

• We call it a meteor when they fall through a planet’s atmosphere.

• Meteors look like shooting or falling stars as they fall because when they hit Earth’s atmosphere, the friction of the rock rubbing against the atmosphere causes heat and light, like a fire. This heat burns the meteor that causes the meteor disappears.

• The pieces that survive and reaches the ground are called meteorites.

Comets

• Comets are made out of dust and ice. More of like a dirty snowball.

• Comets come from the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.

• Comets orbits the Sun.

Differences Between Earth and Mars

Earth Characteristic Mars

12,756 km Size of Planet 6,794

365.25 Days Length of Year 687 Days

24 hours Length of Day 24 hours, 37 minutes

One: Luna Moons Two: Phobos and Deimos

78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, and other gases

Atmosphere 95% Carbon Dioxide, 0.13% Oxygen, and other gases

Clouds, Wind, Rain, Thunderstorms, Hurricanes

Weather Wind, Dust storms, Ice, Clouds, Fog

23.5o Axis Tilt 25.2o

149, 597, 891 km Average Distance from The Sun

227, 936, 637 km

-88oC Minimum Surface Temperature

-87oC

58oC Maximum Surface Temperature

-87oC

Grand Canyon Deepest Canyon Valles Marineris

Mauna Loa (Hawaii) Largest Volcano Olympus Mons

5.9737 x 1024 kg Mass 6.4185 x 1023 kg

Rocky, Sandy and some fertile soil containing organic material.

Soil Mostly rocky and sandy. Some areas appear to have frozen water in soil. No known organic material.

Similarities between Earth and Mars

• Mars and Earth orbits the Sun.• Mars and Earth is in the same Solar

System.• The both planets is a terrestrial planet

which made up of rock and metal.• The both has the same internal

structure. The both planets have an inner core of metal surrounded by a mantle of rock. A thin crust covers the mantle.

Conclusion • Why can we only live on Earth?, Why not on the other planets? We

are living on Earth because Earth is the best planet to sustain human life. Why is Earth the best planet to sustain human life? Earth is the perfect planet to sustain human life because of some reasons. One of them is because of Earth’s atmosphere. Earth’s atmosphere contains enough oxygen (air) for humans to live, other planet’s atmosphere contains not as much oxygen as Our Earth’s atmosphere, it’s usually contains other gases such as methane, helium, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and many other gases. Second, The distance of Earth and the Sun, it isn’t too far or even too close and the distance between Earth and the Sun affects our surface temperature. Earth’s temperature is just right for humans to live, it’s not too hot or even too cold. Some of the other planets have extreme surface temperature either it’s too hot or it’s cold! Also, Earth contains a lot of water, 70% of Earth’s surface is water. Earth is often called the “Water Planet” because it’s the ONLY planet in our Solar System which has liquid water on its surface. “There’s no place

like home”

Resources• “Celestial Object”(Online) Available

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/celestial-object

Monday 12th August 2013 • “Celestial Body”(Online) Available

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/celestial+body Monday 12th August 2013

• Celestial Bodies/ Objects in Our Solar System:“Our Solar System” (Online) Available http

://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm Monday 12th August 2013

• Helmenstine, Anne Marie. “What is the Element Composition of the Sun?” (Online) Available http://chemistry.about.com/od/geochemistry/a/sunelements.htm

Monday 12nd August 2013 • Sharp, Tim “Atmosphere of the Sun: Photosphere, Chromosphere,

and Corona” (Online) Available http://www.space.com/17160-sun-atmosphere.html

Monday 12th August 2013

Resources • Cain, Fraser “Does the Sun Rotate?” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/60192/does-the-sun-rotate/ Monday 12th August 2013

• Cain, Fraser “Sun Orbit” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/18028/sun-orbit/

Monday 12th August 2013• “Sun: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun&Display=Facts&System=Metric

Monday 12th August 2013• “Sun” (Online) Available

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-205354/Sun Monday 12th August 2013

• “Sun Facts For Kids”(Online) Available

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/sun.html Monday 26th August 2013

• “Sun” (Online) Available http://www.planetsforkids.org/star-sun.html Monday 26th August 2013

Resources• “Mercury: Facts and Figure” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury&Display=Facts&System=Metric

Monday 12th August 2013 • Coffey, Jerry “Composition of Mercury” (Online) Available http

://www.universetoday.com/13992/composition-of-mercury/ Monday 12th August 2013 

• Cain, Fraser “Atmosphere of Mercury” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/22088/atmosphere-of-mercury/ Monday 12th August 2013

•  “What is Mercury’s position in the Solar System?” (Online) Available http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Mercury's_position_in_the_solar_system

Monday 12th August 2013•  “Mercury’s Orbit” (Online) Available

https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=9571ee7ad6fb1ce4&q=Mercury's%20orbit

Monday 12th August 2013•  “Background Information and Activities” (Online) Available

http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/space/solarsystem/grownups.weml Monday 12th August 2013

Resources • Cain, Fraser “Composition of Venus” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/36155/composition-of-venus/Monday 12th August 2013

•  Coffey, Jerry “Temperature of Venus” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/14306/temperature-of-venus/

Monday 12th August 2013 •  Cain, Fraser “Rotation of Venus” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/36687/rotation-of-venus/ Monday 12th August 2013

•  “Venus’s Position in he Solar System” (Online) Available http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Venus's'_position_in_the_solar_system

Monday 12th August 2013• “Venus: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Venus&Display=Facts&System=Metric

Monday 12th August 2013• “Atmosphere of Venus” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/14146/atmosphere-of-venus/Monday 12th August 2013

• “Background Information and Activities” (Online) Available http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/space/solarsystem/grownups.weml

Monday 12th August 2013

Resources• “Earth’s Orbit” (Online) Available

https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=9571ee7ad6fb1ce4&q=Earth's%20orbit

Monday 12th August 2013•  “What is the position of the Earth in the Solar System?” (Online) Available https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=9571ee7ad6fb1ce4&q=Earth's%20orbit

Monday 12th August 2013•  ”Earth: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Earth&Display=Facts Monday 12th August 2013

•  Choi, Charles Q “Earth: Planet Composition, Atmosphere & Science facts” (Online) Available http://www.space.com/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html

Monday 12th August 2013•  Sharp, Tim “What is Earth made of?” (Online) Available http://www.space.com/17777-what-is-earth-made-of.html

Monday 12th August 2013•  “Earth’s Rotation” (Online) Available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_rotation

Monday 12th August 2013 •  “The Earth’s Atmosphere” (Online) Available http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html

Monday 12th August 2013

Resources• “Earth’s Moon: Formation, Composition and Orbit” (Online)

Available http://www.space.com/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and- orbit.html

Sunday 25th August 2013 •  “The Moon” (Online) Available

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/facts.htm

Sunday 25th August 2013 • “Moon Facts for Kids” (Online) Available

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/moon.html Sunday 25th August 2013

•  “The Moon” (Online) Available http://www.planetsforkids.org/moon-moon.html Sunday 25th August 2013

 

Resources • “Mars: Read More” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=OverviewLong

Monday 12th August 2013 •  “Mars: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts Monday 12th August 2013

•  Coffey, Jerry “Atmosphere of Mars” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/22587/atmosphere-of-mars/

Monday 12th August 2013 •  Coffey, Jerry “What is Mars made of?” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/14702/what-is-mars-made-of/ Monday 12th August 2013

•  Coffey, Jerry “Mars Rotation” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/14889/mars-rotation/

Monday 12th August 2013•  “What is Mars Position in the Solar System?” (Online) Available

http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-mars-position-in-the-solar-system Monday 12th August 2013

•  Coffey, Jerry “Orbit of Mars” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/14828/orbit-of-mars/

Monday 12th August 2013

Resources• “Background Information and Activities” (Online) Available

http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/space/solarsystem/grownups.weml Monday 12th August 2013

•  “Composition of Jupiter” (Online) Available http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/main/universe/solar_system/planets/jupiter/interior/composition.html

Monday 12th August 2013•  Villanueva, John Carl “Jupiter’s Atmosphere” (Online) Availablhttp

://www.universetoday.com/40577/jupiters-atmosphere/ Monday 12th August 2013

•  Cain, Fraser “Rotation of Jupiter” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/23914/rotation-of-jupiter/

Monday 12th August 2013 •  Coffey, Jerry “Orbit of Jupiter” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/15113/orbit-of-jupiter/

Monday 12th August 2013 •  “What is Jupiter’s Position in the Solar System?” (Online) Available

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Jupiter's_position_in_the_solar_system Monday 12th August 2013

•  “Jupiter: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Facts&System=Metric

Monday 12th August 2013 • Coffey,Jerry “Jupiter’s Great Red Spot” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/15163/jupiters-great-red-spot/ Monday 26th August 2013

Resources• “Where is Saturn in the Solar System?” (Online) Available

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_Saturn_in_the_solar_system# Tuesday 13th August 2013

• Cain, Fraser “Orbit of Saturn” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/24168/orbit-of-saturn/

Tuesday 13th August 2013• Cain, Fraser “Rotation of Saturn” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/24164/rotation-of-saturn/ Tuesday 13th August 2013

• “Our Solar System: Moons” (Online) Available http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys&Display=Moons

Tuesday 13th August 2013 • “Saturn’s Moons” (Online) Available

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/saturn/saturnmoons.shtml Tuesday 13th August 2013

• “Background Information and Activities” (Online) Available http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/space/solarsystem/grownups.weml

Tuesday 13th August 2013• Coffey, Jerry “What is Saturn Made Of?” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/15301/what-is-saturn-made-of/ Tuesday 13th August 2013

• Cain, Fraser “Atmosphere of Saturn” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/24029/atmosphere-of-saturn/

Tuesday 13th August 2013• Cain, Fraser “How Many Rings does Saturn Have?” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/38097/how-many-rings-does-saturn-have/ Monday 26th August 2013

Resources • Cain, Fraser “Atmosphere of Uranus” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/18859/atmosphere-of-uranus/ Tuesday 13th August 2013

• “What is Uranus Made Of?” (Online) Available http://www.space.com/18706-uranus-composition.html

Tuesday 13th August 2013 • Cain, Fraser “Uranus” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/18855/uranus/

Tuesday 13th August 2013• “Background Information and Activities” (Online) Available

http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/space/solarsystem/grownups.weml Tuesday 13th August 2013

• Cain, Fraser “Orbit of Uranus” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/19105/orbit-of-uranus/

Tuesday 13th August 2013 • “Where is Uranus in the Solar System?” (Online) Available

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_Uranus_in_the_the_solar_system Tuesday 13th August 2013

• “Our Solar System: Moons” (Online) Available http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys&Display=Moons

Tuesday 13th August 2013 • “Uranus: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus&Display=Facts Tuesday 13th August 2013

• Fraser Cain “How Many Rings Does Uranus Have?” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/38182/how-many-rings-does-uranus-have/

Monday 26th August 2013

Resources• “Background Information and Activities” (Online) Available

http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/space/solarsystem/grownups.weml Tuesday 13th August 2013

• “Neptune: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=Facts

Tuesday 13th August 2013• “How long does it take Neptune to rotate on its axis?” (Online) Available

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_does_it_take_Neptune_to_rotate_on_its_axis Tuesday 13th August 2013

• “Neptune: Moons” (Online) Available http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=Sats

Tuesday 13th August 2013 • “Moons of Neptune” (Online) Available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Neptune

Tuesday 13th August 2013 • “What is Neptune Made Of?” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/21596/what-is-neptune-made-of/ Tuesday 13th August 2013

• “What is Neptune’s Position in the Solar System?” (Online) Available http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Neptune's_position_in_the_solar_system

Tuesday 13th August 2013 • Cain,Fraser “Ring of Neptune” (Online) Available

http://www.universetoday.com/21635/rings-of-neptune/ Monday 26th August 2013

• “Great Dark Spot” (Online) Available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dark_Spot Monday 26th August 2013

Resources• “Ceres: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Dwa_Ceres Sunday 25th August 2013

• “Ceres(Dwarf Planet)” (Online) Available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)

Wednesday 14th August 2013•  “What is the Temperature of Ceres?” (Online) Available

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_temperature_of_Ceres • Wednesday 14th August 2013 •  “What is Ceres’ location in the Solar System?” (Online) Available

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_ceres'_location_in_the_solar_system

Wednesday 14th August 2013 •  Evans, Mona “Ceres Facts for Kids” (Online) Available

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art2172.asp Wednesday 14th August 2013

•  “Facts about Ceres” (Online) Available http://www.8planets.co.uk/facts-about-ceres

Wednesday 14th August 2013

Resources• “Eris: Facts and Figures” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Dwa_Eris&Display=Facts

Sunday 25th August 2013• “Eris” (Online) Available http://www.conservapedia.com/Eris

Wednesday 14th August 2013 •  “Fast Facts: Dwarf Planet, Eris” (Online) Available

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/fastfacts/eris.php.p=Teaching+tools@,eds,tools,%3ESolar+system@,eds,tools,topic,solarsystem.php%3EOverview%3A+Dwarf+planet*com*+Eris+facts@,eds,overviews,fastfacts,eris.php.r%3Deris&a=,eds

Wednesday 14th August 2013 •  “What is Eris Made Of?” (Online) Available

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7329490_eris-made-of_.html Wednesday 14th August 2013

•  “Facts about Eris” (Online) Available http://www.8planets.co.uk/facts-about-eris

Wednesday 14th August 2013 •   “Dysnomia (Moon)” (Online) Available

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysnomia_(moon) Monday 26th August 2013

Resources

• “Pluto” (Online) Available http://www.kidsastronomy.com/pluto.htm Wednesday 14th August 2013

•  “Pluto” (Online) Available http://library.thinkquest.org/C005921/Pluto/plutLocOrb.htm

Wednesday 14th August 2013 •  “What Pluto and Charon Made Of” (Online) Available

http://www.windows2universe.org/pluto/pluto_composition.html

Wednesday 14th August 2013  

Resources • “Comets: Overview” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Comets Monday 26th August 2013

•  “Meteor & Meteorities: Overview” (Online) Available http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Meteors

• Monday 26th August 2013 “Asteroids: Overview” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Asteroids Monday 26th August 2013

• “What Are Asteroids?” (Online) Available http://www.kidsastronomy.com/asteroid.htm

Tuesday 27th August 2013•  “Comets” (Online) Available http://www.kidsastronomy.com/comets.htm

Tuesday 27th August 2013•  “Meteoroid Facts For Kids” (Online) Available

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/meteoroids.html Tuesday 27th August 2013

•  “Meteors” (Online) Available http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/physics/space/meteor.htm

Tuesday 27th August 2013

Resources• “Haumea: Overview” (Online) Available

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Dwa_Haumea Monday 26th August 2013

• “Makemake: Overview” (Online) Available http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Dwa_MakeMake

Monday 26th August 2013 • “Mars/Earth Comparasion Table” (Online) Available

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/mars111.php Tuesday, 27th August 2013

• “Comparison of Earth and Mars” (Online) Available http://library.thinkquest.org/5579/comparison/marsearth.htm

Tuesday 27th August 2013• “Planet Earth vs. Planet Mars” (Online) Available

http://planets.findthedata.org/compare/3-4/Earth-vs-Mars Tuesday 27th August 2013

• “Earth and Mars” (Online) Available http://www.universetoday.com/22677/earth-and-mars/

Tuesday 27th August 2013• “Differences and Similarities between Earth and Mars” (Online) Available

https://sites.google.com/site/earthandmars93/sub-page-6 Tuesday 27th August 2013