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THE SOLAR SYSTEM - Coggle Diagram
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
PLANETS
MERCURY
Mercury is the 1st inner planet. Mercury has 0 moons. A day on Mercury is approximately 59 Earth days. Mercury has an average distance of 36 million miles away from the Sun. A year on Mercury is 88 Earth days
NEPTUNE
Neptune is the 4th Outer planet. Neptune has 14 moons. A day on neptune is 16 hours. Neptune has an average distance of 2.8 billion miles away from the Sun. A year on Neptine is 165 years on Earth. Neptune has 5 sets of rings.
VENUS
Venus is the 2nd inner planet. Venus has 0 moons. A day on Venus is 243 Earth days. Venus has an average distance of 67 million miles away from the Sun. A year on Venus is 225 Earth days.
URANUS
Uranus is the 3rd Outer planet. Uranus has 27 moons. A day on Uranus is 17 hours and 14 minutes. Uranus has an average distance of 1.8 billion miles away from the Sun. A year on Uranus is 84 years on Earth. Uranus has 2 sets of rings
SATURN
Saturn is the 2nd Outer planet. Saturn is the 2nd largest planet. Saturn has 62 moons. A day on Saturn is 10 hours and 42 minutes. Saturn has an average distance of 886 million miles away from the Sun. A year on Saturn is 29 years on Earth. Saturn has 7 sets of rings
JUPITER
Jupiter is the 1st Outer planet. Jupiter is the largest planet. Jupiter has 79 moons. A day on Jupiter is 10 hours. Venus has an average distance of 484 million miles away from the Sun. A year on Jupiter is 12 years on Earth. Jupiter has 4 sets of rings
MARS
Mars is the 4th inner planet. Mars has 2 moons. A day on mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes. Mars has an average distance of 142 million miles away from the sun. A year on Mars is 687 Earth days.
EARTH
Earth is the 3rd inner planet. Earth has 1 moon. A day on Earth is 23 hours and 56 minutes. Earth has an average distance of 93 million miles away from the sun. A year on Earth is 365 days.
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ICE GIANTS
Contain rock, ice, and a mixture of water, methane, and ammonia
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SUN
The sun is the largest object in the solar system. The sun is a star. As the sun ages, it will get bigger. The sun is 4.603 billion years. The sun is all colors mixed together, this appears white to our eyes.
SATELLITES
NASA satellites help scientists study Earth and space. Satellites looking toward Earth provide information about clouds, oceans, land and ice, and many more things
NATURAL SATELLITES
A natural satellite is any celestial body in space that orbits around a larger body. For example the Moon and the Earth
STARS
A star is a luminous ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity. Most stars are red dwarfs. Many stars come in pairs called binary stars.
ASTEROID BELT
Is a disc shape located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid belt lies between 2.2 and 3.2 astronomical units from the sun. They are made of rock and metal. They have an irregularly shape.
COMETS
Comets are celestial objects made out of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. Millions of comets orbit the Sun.
DWARF PLANETS
Dwarf planets have a lot in common with the normal planets. The only difference is that dwarfs planets are not able to clear their orbital path
METEOROIDS
Are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Think of them as “space rocks."
METEORS
When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars”
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