Solar Dream Cruise By: Joseph David, Alex Ostrowski,

& Jenna Dusaj

Activities on Ship- Water Park- Basketball court- Arcade room- Buffet- Mall- 10 Five star restaurants - 100 Presidential Suites- Go carts- Laser Tag

MercuryProminent Feature: The largest known crater is Caloris Basin

2 Moons larger in size but less massive

Extremely large iron core that is 42% of its volume

Crater filled terrain with a small maria or flat are due to early volcanic activity

hydrogen, helium, oxygen, sodium, calcium, potassium and water vapor make up the atmosphere

Extreme Temperature changes from 400 to -200C

57,910,000 km away from the sun

Tanning, excavations, rock collecting

VenusProminent Feature: are lava flows which result from the many volcanic eruptions

No satellites

Extremely thick, dense atmosphere

Many mountains, craters, and volcanoes

The main gases in its atmosphere are carbon dioxide and nitrogen

Surface Temp : 480C

108,200,000 km away from the sun

4.5 minutes from Mercury

Lava surfing, mountain climbing, watch volcanoes erupt

Venus

MarsProminent Feature: Largest volcano in the solar system

Has 2 moons

Unusual characteristic: Red tinted soil due to iron Terrain consists canyons, volcanoes, river beds, and craters

The Martian atmosphere is about 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and traces of free oxygen, carbon monoxide, water and methane

Temp: 20 to -90C

227,900,000 km away from the sun

10 minutes from Venus

Converse with aliens, fish, canoe, swim

JupiterProminent Feature: Great red spot

67 moons

Core is composed of liquid rock

No surface terrain

the atmosphere is 75% hydrogen and 24% helium by mass, with the remaining one percent of the mass consisting of other elements

-145C

778,500,000 km from sun

15 minutes from Mars

Visit one of its moons, Europa, explore the great red spot,

SaturnProminent Feature: thousands of rings surrounding it

62 moons

Unusual characteristic: it’s the least dense of all the planets

No surface terrain

-175C

1,400,000,000 km from sun

1 hour from Jupiter

Visit its moon, Titan, ice skating, shuffle board

UranusProminent Feature: its axis rotates sideways

27 moons

Coldest planet in solar system

No surface terrain

Atmosphere is composed of hydrogen ,helium, and methane

-224 C

2,877,000,000 km from sun

2 hours from Saturn

Go to its moon Miranda, rock climbing,

NeptuneProminent Feature: Great Dark Spot

13 moons

Farthest planet from sun

No surface terrain

Atmosphere is composed of hydrogen, helium, and methane

-218 C

4,503,000,000 km

2 hours from Uranus

Go to its moon Triton, ice skating, explore the great dark spot

Bibliography

http://www.universetoday.com/44572/neptunes-distance-from-the-sun/

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus