The Solar System

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The Solar System
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Sun Facts
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The Inner Planets
Earth
Venus
Mars
The Inner planets are grouped together because
they have similar characteristics Terrestrial-ear
thlike, rocky crust, dense mantle and core
Mercury
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Orbits of the Inner Planets
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Mercury

• The smallest of 4 inner planets. (terrestrial
  planets)

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Mercury Facts
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Mercury and Earth
Moon
All pictures are to scale so you can relate size
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Venus

• Called Earths sister planet
• Near each other
• Similar in size, mass and gravity

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Venus Facts
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Venus and Earth
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Earth
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Earth Facts
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Mars
May have life
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Mars Facts
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Largest Mountain in the solar system is on Mars

• Olympus Mons Volcano
• About the size of Arizona

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Mars and Earth
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The Asteroid Belt

• Separates the Inner and Outer planets
• Ceres-
• Dwarf planet-
• Orbits sun
• Spherical
• Not a satellite (moon)

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Ceres and Earth
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The Outer Planets
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The Outer Planets

• The first four of the Outer Planets
• (all accept Pluto) are called Jovian
• Jovian - Jupiter-like
• Gaseous planets
• Outer layer is mostly Hydrogen

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Jupiter
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Jupiter Facts
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Jupiter Earth
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Saturn
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Saturn Facts
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Saturn and Earth
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Uranus
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Uranus Facts
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Uranus and Earth
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Neptune
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Neptune Facts
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Neptune and Earth
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Neptune cont.

• Neptunes moon Triton has ice volcanoes on its
  surface

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Pluto

• Now considered a dwarf planet-
• Orbits sun
• Spherical
• Not a satellite (moon)
• Charon-
• Plutos large moon

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Pluto Facts
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Pluto and Earth
Charon
Moon
Pluto
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Orbits of the Outer Planets
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