Planet Presentation

Group Members:Jack,Alec,Abbi,

Lauren

Planet Definition

• An object with a great amount of mass exceeding 0.055 (Earth=1)

• Must orbit a star with a gravitational pull• Must have at least one moon orbiting around it.• Must not be farther than 5000 million km. away from the

sun• The rotational period must not take more than two Earth

days • The orbital period must be less than 400 days

Mass of Planets

0.00000

0.20000

0.40000

0.60000

0.80000

1.00000

1.20000

Mercury Venus Earth Mars

Planets

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arth

=1

Mass Of Inner Planets

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Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

Planets

Mas

s E

arth

=1

Mass of Dwarf Planets

0.00000

0.00050

0.00100

0.00150

0.00200

0.00250

0.00300

Ceres Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris

Dwarf Planets

Mas

s (E

arth

=1)

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Planets

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km)

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20000.0

40000.0

60000.0

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J upi ter Satur n Ur anus Neptune

P l anets

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Cer es P luto Haumea Makemake E r is

P l anets