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Mercury

Saturn

All of the gaseus planets have rings around them, but Saurn is the only planet where they are really visible. Saturn has 150 moons! it is the flattest planet because of how fast it rotates and low density. Saturn is 886 million miles away from the sun.

The closest planet to the sun. Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system. It has a molten core and is the second hottest planet. Only 2 spacecrafts have ever visited Mercury. Mercury is a terrestrial planet which means you could walk on teh surface (not that you'd want to you would be squashed by its gravity and burned by the temperature). mercury is 36 million miles from the sun.

Neptune

Uranus

Uranus is often referred to as the "ice giant" planet because it has an icy core and it looks blue because of the water and ice crystals mixed in the the gasses that make up the atmosphere. Uranus is 1782 million miles from the sun.

Neptune has 14 moons, a thin collection of rings, and it spins on its axis very rapidly. Neptune is more than 30 times as far from the sun as the Earth is! Neptune can have winds that blow faster than the speed of sound! Neptune is 2794 million miles away from the sun.

Venus

Venus rotates counter clockwise or in retrograde. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Venus is a terrestrial planet. Venus is 67 million miles from the sun.

Asteroid Facts

The Sun

Asteroids are made up of leftover material after the terrestrial planets were made. They are mostly made of rock and are rich in precious metals and water. Some asteroids have moons of their own. They are commonly known as planetoids or minor planets.

Our Solar System

By Haylee Humes

Meteorite Facts

Comet Facts

When a meteorite enters Earth's atmosphere it burns up and becomes a meteor. there are three main types of meteorites: stony, soty-iron and iron, these categories refer to what they are made of and then we can trace them back to their parent body.

Comets are mostly made of ice mixed with dust and rock.

Comets don't always have tails, they only have tails when they get close to the sun and the ice starts melting.

There are 2 categories for comets- periodic and non-periodic. Non-periodic comets are long term comets, they have no confirmed observations.

Periodic comets are short term comets with short orbital periods and have been observed.

The sun is a yellow dwarf star. The sun contains 99.86% of the mass in our entire solar system! Light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach us here on Earth.

Mars

The red planet comes next. Mars looks red because the rocks and dust on Mars are rich in iron. Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system. The mountain also happens to be a shield vocano. Mars is a terrestrial planet. Mars is 141 million miles from the sun.

Earth

Asteroid belt

Jupiter

Our planet comes next in the line up. Earth has the greatest density because of the metallic core. It is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Roman god. Earth is the 3rd terrestrial planet. Earth is 93 million miles away from the sun.

Between Jupiter and Mars lies the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt houses the majority of asteroid in oursolar system. The belt contains billions and billions of asteroids.

Jupiter is the first "gas giant" planets. It is a "gas giant" because it has no solid surface. There is a big red spot on Jupiter, it's a giant storm that has been going on for at least 350 years! Jupiter is 483 millioni miles away from the sun.

Pluto

Pluto is no longer considered a planet because there have been asteroids discovered that are larger than pluto. Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet and it is 3666 million miles away from the sun!

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