Nick Hutcheson

Solar System

- The sun is the center of our solar system. All of the planets move around the sun.

- The sun is actually just a star.

- The core of the sun is 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

- The sun is 333,000 times heavier than earth.

Sun

- Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

- Temperatures on Mercury's surface can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

- Mercury has no atmosphere.

- The surface looks like the moon because it is hit by asteroids often.

Mercury

-Venus is the second closest to the sun.

- Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.

- It is sometimes called the Morning Star.

- 90% of Venus’s surface is made up of volcanoes.

Venus

- Earth is the only planet known to contain life.

- 75% of earth is covered with water. Most of that is salt water.

- Earth takes 365 days to travel all the way around the sun. That is how we get our seasons.

Earth

- Mars is similar to earth, but contains no life.

- However, it is believed that there are ice caps on this planet, which means the possibility of some sort of life is likely.

- Mars has 2 moons.

Mars

-Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

- Jupiter has a “Great Red Spot” which is large enough to fit 2 earths in it.

- The Great Red Spot is an area of high pressure and the clouds rotation causes this spot.

Jupiter

- Saturn has 31 moons.

- Saturn has a set of rings around it.

- The rings are made up of “space junk”. Rocks, debris, dust, and ice particles make up these rings.

Saturn

- Uranus is 7th on the list from the sun.

- Takes 84 years to orbit the sun.

- Uranus has 16 moons.

- Its atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium, methane.

Uranus

- The diameter Neptune is 4 times the size of the earth’s diameter.

- Neptune has 8 moons.

- Neptune is 30 times as far from the sun as the earth is.

Neptune