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Solar System, :no_entry: - Coggle Diagram
Solar System
Sun
all planets are satellites of the sun
gravity keeps planets rotating around
Sol
provides heat energy and light energy
travels to earth in 8 min
originates in the core
takes 100,000 years to get to the surface of the sun.
Very hot!
inner planets/ Terrestrial Planets
Venus
atmosphere is CO2
sister planet to earth
Earth
Mercury
1 side hot, 1 side cold
smallest planet
Mars
red planet (iron)
2 moons
home of tallest mountain in solar system
outer planets /gaseous planets
Uranus
small, gaseous planet
25 moons
tilted on axis
Neptune
ice giant
blue
windy-2000 km/hr
Saturn
100x bigger than Earth
rings made of rock and ice
50 moons
Jupiter
giant planet
gaseous
rocky core
great red spot-storm of over 400 years
70 moons
origins
started with an explosion of a star
gravity pulled clumps together
4.5 billion years old
comets
made of ice/dust
comes from outer reaches of the solar system (Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud)
Dwarf Planet
Pluto
5 moons
orbit comes very close to the sun at times
not big enough to clear other objects out of it's path
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