The Solar System

Sean Redmond - Student Teacher

A Presentation by Mrs. Pettit’s Class

May 9. 2003

The SunBy Lynlea & Kathryn

• The Sun is a hot and bright star.

• No part of the sun is solid or liquid .

• You can fit more than 1 thousand Earths in the sun.

• Light travels at a speed of about 186,000 miles per second .

• The sun has sun spots that are colder than the sun.

• The sun is the center of the solar system.

MercuryBy Dusty & Julia

• Mercury is the hottest planet because it is the closest to the Sun.

• Mercury is a tanned planet.

• Mercury is a dead planet.

• Mercury has craters.

• Mercury has a year of 88 earth days.

• At night, the temperature drops to -300 degrees colder than our south pole.

• Mercury is hot and cold at the same time.

VenusBy Greg & Brandon

• Venus is the second planet from the sun.

• Venus has no moons.

• Venus was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

• Venus is a small, rocky planet blanketed in a thin layer of yellowish clouds.

• Venus’s surface is very hot, about 400 degrees Celsius!

• Its distance from the sun is about 67,250,000 miles.

EarthBy Barbara & Andrew

• Earth is the third planet from the sun.

• Earth is the only planet with water and air.

• The Earth is the only planet with life.

• The planet Earth spins and rotates.

• One rotation takes one day, or 24 hours.

• When the Earth spins, it makes night and day.

Our MoonBy Brandon & Jeffrey

• The moon has craters.

• The moon’s surface is like powder.

• It has the American flag on it.

• The moon has no water or life.

• The moon is the Earth’s closest neighbor in space, about 1/4 of a million miles away.

• The moon has 8 phases.

• The moon is a quarter of the Earth’s size.

MarsBy Corey

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.

• After Earth, Mars is the most likely planet to support life.

• Water may have run all over Mars long ago.

• Dust storms whip around Mars.

• It was named for Greek and Roman gods of war.

• The name of the month March comes from the planet Mars.

• Did you know that a 100 pound object on Earth would weigh 85 pounds on Mars?

JupiterBy Samantha & Alex

• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.

• Did you know that Jupiter is made of gases and liquids that swirl around?

• Jupiter has many moons orbiting it’s cloudy surface.

• Jupiter is the largest planet.

• Jupiter has 16 moons.

• Jupiter has a Great Red Spot.

SaturnBy Nick & Alex

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.

• Saturn is made of materials lighter then water.

• Saturn is the second largest planet.

• Saturn has 18 moons.

• It is 885,200,000 miles away from the sun .

• Its normal temperature is 28 degrees.

• Saturn is the root of the English word Saturday.

UranusBy Tyler & Luca

• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.

• William Hershel was the first to see Uranus in 1781.

• Fifty Earths would fit in Uranus if it were hollow.

• Uranus has 15 moons.

• Uranus spins differently then the other planets.

• Uranus is named after the Greek god.

• The ring is made out of arctic ice.

NeptuneBy Kelsey

• Most of the time Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun, sometimes it is the ninth.

• Neptune has 8 known moons; 7 small ones and a large moon called Triton.

• It has a great dark spot.

• Neptune’s year is 165 Earth years

• Neptune is 2,788,000,000 miles from the sun.

• It is the third largest planet in our solar system.

PlutoBy Kelly & Jamieliza

• Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun.

• Pluto is the smallest planet.

• Pluto has 1 moon.

• Pluto’s only moon, Charon, is about half the size of Pluto.

• It’s distance from the sun is 5,913,520,000 km.

• Because it’s orbit is elliptical rather than circular it sometimes moves inside the orbit of Neptune.

Asteroids & MeteoritesBy Michael & Colin

• Asteroids are part of our Solar System.

• Meteorites are chunks of rocks and metal.

• Some of them may have been part of comets and asteroids.

• Some meteorites are large as boulders.

• Some asteroids are big as a mountain or bigger.

• Meteorites can also be small as grains of sand.