Our Trip Through the Solar System

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Our Trip Through the Solar System

• Room 130
• Arthur T. Cummings School
• 2006

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MercuryBy Jonathan R.

• It is the first planet next to the Sun.
• It is 3,030 miles in diameter.
• The surface has no water. It is rocky and has
  some craters bigger than Texas.

• It takes 1,406 hours to rotate.
• Mercury takes 88 days to orbit the Sun.
• It is 800 degrees in the day and is 300 degrees
  below in the night.

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MercuryBy Jonathan G.

• Mercury is the first planet from the Sun.
• In the day, it is about 800oF. At night it drops
  to 300 degrees below zero.

• It takes 88 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
• Mercury has craters bigger than Texas.

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Mercury
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VenusBy Rebecca

• The surface is rocky plains of lava, and the
  whole planet is covered by clouds.
• Venus is covered with clouds that are poisonous
  gasses.
• Its the hottest planet.

• Venus is the second planet from the Sun.
• It takes 2,802 hours for it to be a whole day.
• It takes Venus 225 days for it to go around the
  Sun.
• It takes 7,521 miles to get across Venus.

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VenusBy Molly

• Venus is second from the Sun.
• The size of Venus is 7,521 miles across its
  diameter.
• The surface is made of rocky plains of lava and
  clouds. No one can ever live there either.

• The length of day (time to rotate) is 2,802
  hours. That is a long time compared to Earth.
• The length of year is 225 days. It also takes
  that long to orbit the Sun.
• It is the same size as Earth and also has thick
  clouds of poisonous gasses.

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Venus
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EarthBy Nicole

• The planet we live on is Earth.
• Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
• The size of Earth is 7,926 miles.
• Earths surface is about 70 water and 30 land.

• Earth takes 24 hours to rotate.
• Earth takes 365 days to orbit the Sun.
• One interesting fact is that if Earth was closer
  to the Sun the oceans would boil.

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EarthBy Tayla

• It is the 3rd planet.
• The time to rotate is 24 hours.
• The time to orbit the Sun is 365 days.
• The diameter is 7,926 miles.

• The surface condition is about 70 water and 30
  land.
• If Earth was closer to the Sun, the oceans would
  boil!

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Earth
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MarsBy Cassidy

• It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
• It is 4,220 miles across.
• The length of day is 25 hours.
• The length of a year is 687 days.
• It has two moons.
• It has polar ice caps.

• Mars also has a canyon ten times longer than the
  Grand Canyon.
• It has a reddish and rocky, dusty surface.
• There are four volcanoes on Mars.
• The base of one volcano is 375 miles across.

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MarsBy Marc

• Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun.
• The size of Mars is 4,220 miles in diameter.
• The surface on Mars is dusty, rocky and reddish.
• A day on Mars is 25 Earth hours.
• The length of year on Mars is 687 days.
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• An interesting fact is it has two moons. It also
  has polar ice caps.
• It has a canyon ten times longer than the Grand
  Canyon.
• It has the biggest volcano in the whole solar
  system. The volcano is called Olympus Mons.

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Mars
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JupiterBy Mia

• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun.
• It is the largest planet.
• The size of Jupiter is 143,000 km across its
  diameter.
• Jupiter can fit 1,000 Earths in it.

• The surface conditions are mainly gas and liquid
  and thick clouds.
• The length of day is 10 Earth hours.
• It takes 11.9 days to orbit the Sun.
• Jupiter has 16 moons.
• The big red spot is a storm that never ends.

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JupiterBy Ryan

• It is the fifth planet from the Sun.
• Jupiter is 89,000 miles.
• On the surface there is gas, liquid, and thick
  clouds.

• It takes ten Earth hours to make Jupiter make a
  complete turn.
• It takes Jupiter 11.9 days to orbit the Sun.
• Jupiter is the largest planet.
• It has a red spot.
• Jupiter also has 16 moons.

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Jupiterby Jonathan H.

• It is the fifth planet from the Sun.
• Jupiter is 89,000 miles.
• On the surface there is gas, liquid, and thick
  clouds.
• The length of day is ten Earth hours.

• The length of year is 11.9 Earth years.
• Jupiter is the largest planet.
• The red spot on Jupiter is a storm.
• Jupiter has sixteen moons.

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Jupiter
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SaturnBy Michael

• It is the sixth planet from the Sun.
• It is 75,000 miles long.
• It is the second biggest planet.
• Its made mostly of gas, liquid and thick clouds.
• The rings are made of ice, rock and dirt.

• It rotates in 11 hours.
• Its orbit time is 29.5 years.
• If you could find a bathtub big enough, Saturn
  would float.
• Saturn has more than twenty moons.
• Some pieces of the rings are smaller than a dime,
  others as big as a house.

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SaturnBy Anna F.

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun.
• Saturn is 75,000 miles from the Sun.
• Saturn is the second largest planet.
• Saturn is mostly gas, liquid and thick clouds.

• It takes eleven hours for Saturn to rotate.
• It takes Saturn 29.5 years to orbit the Sun.
• Saturn is so light that if you got a bathtub that
  big it would float.
• Saturn's rings are made of rock and dust.

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SaturnBy Erica

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun.
• Saturn is the second largest planet.
• Saturn is mostly gas.

• Saturn rotates in eleven hours.
• Saturn takes 29.5 years to orbit the Sun.

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Saturn
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UranusBy AnnaBeth

• Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun.
• The length of day is 17 Earth hours.
• The length of a year is 84 Earth years.

• Its surface conditions are mostly gas. It has
  blue-green clouds.
• Uranus is tilted so it rotates up and down!
• It also has thin rings that go up and down.

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UranusBy Kelley

• It takes 84 years for Uranus to orbit the Sun.
• The time it takes to rotate is 17 hours.
• Uranus has 10 rings.
• Uranus has at least 15 moons.
• Some scientists think there is graphite on
  Uranuss moons.

• Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.
• The distance from the Sun is 2,870 million km.
• The size of Uranus is 52,400 km wide.
• It is a blue-green planet, and it has green
  clouds.

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Uranus

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NEPTUNE By Nicky

• Did you know that it takes 16 hours to spin?
• It takes 164 years to go around the Sun.
• The size is 49,528 km across the diameter.
• It has a great dark spot on the side.
• It has at least eight moons.

• It is the eighth planet from the Sun.
• The surface conditions is like a ball of gas.
• It is blue and it has white clouds.
• Neptune has freezing winds up to 700 mph.
• It is surrounded by chunky rings.

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Neptune By Ricki Ann

• It is the 8th planet from the Sun.
• A day on Neptune is 16 Earth hours.
• Neptune is 30,800 miles across.
• It takes Neptune 164 Earth years to orbit the Sun.

• Neptune is a blue- green planet with white
  clouds.
• It has freezing winds that go 700 mph.
• It has at least eight moons.
• Neptune has a ring.

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NeptuneBy Cameron

• Neptune is made of gas.
• Neptune has blue clouds.
• It takes 16 hours to rotate.
• It takes 165 Earth years for it to circle all the
  way around the Sun.

• The size is 30,800 miles.
• It has freezing winds going 700 mph.
• It is next to the last planet, Pluto.
• Neptune has three rings. The rings are chunky.
• It is the only planet that has eight moons.

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Neptune
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PlutoBy Eric

• Pluto is 3,697 million miles from the Sun.
• It takes 153 hours to rotate.

• It takes 90,588 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
• Its 232 degrees below zero.

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PlutoBy Robert

• The surface conditions are rock and ice.
• A very cool fact is that people think that Pluto
  is not a planet but a moon.

• Pluto is the 9th planet from the Sun.
• It takes 153 hours to rotate.
• Pluto is 2,400 km in diameter.
• It takes 90,520 days to orbit the Sun.

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Pluto
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