The solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago. At the center of the solar system lay the Sun. The planets were smaller than the sun. Earth is about 93 million miles away from the sun. At the core of the sun, it is 15 million degrees! Scientists call it a Nuclear Reaction. It is like millions of bombs exploding at once.
Sun
The Sun is a medium size star, not a planet
It is the nearest star
It is more than 5 billion years old
The sun is very hot about 15 million digrees in the core and 6000 digrees in the surface €`
Over one million earths could fit inside the sun
The sun is a yellow dwarf star
The Sun has storms called sun spots
Mercury
Mercury is the planet closest to the sun
Mercury has lots of craters
Some of Mercury's craters are 100 km in diameter
Its surface looks like our Moon
One side of Mercury is cold and the other side is very hot.
Its temperature varies from 168°C to 427°C
It is on average 57,910,000kmaway from the Sun
It is 3 times smaller than the Earth
One day on Mercury is 59 days on Earth
It has the Caloris Basin that is filled with lava
Mercury got it's name after the Roman god of commerce and thievery because it moves quickly across the sky
Venus
Second planet from the sun
Venus has volcanoes
Venus has poisonous air
A diameter is 12,104km, a 95% of the Earth
1 day on Venus is 243 days of earth
Venus is named after the god of love.
Earth
Third planet in the solar system .( near the sun)
Has only 1 single moon!
Moves 40,000 kilometres in 24 hours! ( 1 day)
It's the only planet with life & water
Moon
Astronot Buzz Aldrin's footprint was found on 1969.
Moon Rocks are about 382kg.
The full moon are called the " Blue Moon "
In the daytime, the moon's tempeture is 130 degrees to = 265 degrees Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system
Mars is 6.42 x 10 23 kg
Mars has a volcano called the Olypus mons which is three times taller than Mount Everest
Mars has ice at the poles
Mars is sometimes called ''The Red Planet''
Mars is the best known planet after Earth
Jupiter
Jupiter has a great red spot which is a storm which lasted for more than 300 years
Jupiter is made mainly out of gas
Jupiter's distance from the sun is 778,412,020 km
Jupiter has about 60 known moons
It is 5th planet in the solar system
It is largest planet in the solar system
It is 3rd brightest object in the night sky (after Moon and Venus)
It has very thick atmosphere
It has colored ring made from tiny rocks, fragments and dust
It is very cols, it is 153C below zero
It is well known since ancient time
Saturn
Saturn has thousands of rings made out of tiny pieces of rocks
Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system
Saturn has 57 moons and 3 non confermed Titan is the largest one. It's larger than Mercury
Saturn is 5.69 x 1026kg
Some of Saturn's rings are made out of ice and small bits of rocks
Uranus
Uranus spins like a bowling ball. Scientists think that it was turned over by a comet or a asteroid million of years ago
Uranus looks greenish blueish
Uranus's rings are narrow,faint and made out of carbonaceous material
It is a blue and green planet
Uranus is large planet
It can fit in more than 60 Earth
It is a planet , witch is far away
It doesn't have hard ground like Earth
It's made out of gases and liquids
Uranus is very cold
Uranus has 11 rings ,made out of little pieces of ice and rock
It has 21 moons
Neptune
Neptune has storms
Neptune is named after the god of the sea
Neptune has rings
Neptun's rings are narrow and contain particles called ring arcs
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NOTES ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago. At the center of the solar system lay the Sun. The planets were smaller than the sun. Earth is about 93 million miles away from the sun. At the core of the sun, it is 15 million degrees! Scientists call it a Nuclear Reaction. It is like millions of bombs exploding at once.
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune