1. The Solar System
By: Allison Minor

2. 8 planets
At least 3 dwarf planets
130 + satellites
Solar System is mostly empty space
Fast Facts!
3. Largest object in Solar System
A star
Planets orbit (revolve around) the sun
The Sun
4. Closest to the Sun
Smallest planet
Has been traveled to twice
Mercury
5. Second from the Sun
Sixth largest planet
Brightest planet
Known as Earths sister planet
Was once thought to hold life
Venus
6. Fifth largest planet
Our planet
Most dense
Young
One Moon, The Moon
Earth
7. Seventh largest planet
Fourth from the Sun
Known as the Red Planet
Cannot produce Greenhouse Effect for living
2 moons
Mars
8. Largest planet
Fifth from the Sun
2x as big as the other planets
Gas planet
Great Red Spot is similar to a hurricane on Earth
4 moons
Jupiter
9. Second largest planet
Sixth from the Sun
Least dense
Many rings which are made of water ice and rocky particles
Saturn
10. Third largest planet
Seventh from the Sun
First planet discovered
Visited once
Made of rock and ice
Many dark rings made of dust
Uranus
11. Fourth largest planet
Farthest from the Sun
Gas planet
Fastest winds in Solar System (2000 km/hr)
Dark rings made of unknowns
Neptune
12. Until 2006, the dwarf planet, Pluto, was actually considered a planet.
Did You Know?
13. Information and Pictures:
http://www.nineplanets.org/nineplanets.html#toc
Music:
Song: Year of the Comet
Artist/Composer: Darren Baker
http://www.archive.org/details/YearOfTheComet
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