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Solar System - Coggle Diagram
Solar System
Known Planets
Mars is known as the “Red Planet” and has 2 moons.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and is a gas giant.
Earth is the only planet that is able to have life.
Saturn takes about 29 Earth years to orbit around the sun.
Venus is so bright that it can sometimes be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
Uranus has had the coldest time period in the solar system and the atmosphere contains lots of ice.
Mercury is the smallest planet and the closest to the sun.
Neptune is still very controversial when it comes to the discovery.
Asteroids and Comets
Halley’s Comet comes into Earth’s orbit every 75 years and can be seen.
Hale-Bopp was last seen from Earth is 1997 and won’t be back until the 4000’s
The Kuiper Belt is a group of icy objects that surround the sun.
Asteroids become meteors when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
Asteroid Belt is found between Mars and Jupiter and parts of it are sometimes called minor planets.
Comets are frozen gazes that are like giant snowballs.
Moon and Sun
Titan is one of Saturn’s moons and is larger than Mercury.
The Sol - Sun is the center of the solar system and almost 10,000F.
Earth’s Moon is what creates the tides and helps keep the Earth moving.
The sun is almost a perfect sphere.
Dwarf Planets
Pluto was once a known planet but was moved to be classified as a dwarf planet.
There are 6 known dwarf planets.