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Scenes from Space
Mercury
Did you know…..
Mercury is the closet planet to the sun?
It is VERY hot in the day (600 degrees)And very cold at night (-300 degrees)
Mercury has thousands of craters
Mercury has hardly any air and no water
VenusDid you know…..
Venus is the same size as Earth
Venus is always hidden under clouds…and has a constant thunderstorm
The sky is red
The ground is mountainousand has thousands of volcanoes
The clouds act like a heat trap, and it’s about 880 degrees on Venus
EARTHDid you know
Earth is the only planet with life..in the air, on the ground,and under water
It is the only planet with liquid water and air people can breathe
The earth travels around the sun every 365 days; which is one year
MarsDid you know….
Mars is almost as big as Earth?
Mars is called the red planet because it is covered with rusty colored rocks / mountains
You could not breathe on Mars
JupiterDid you know
Jupiter is the largest planetIt is bigger than ALL of the other
planets combined
It has at least 63 moons You can’t land on Jupiter; it is madeof colorful glasses
It has a huge hurricane on (the GreatRed Spot)
Saturn
Did you know……
Saturn is also made of gases
It has thousands of colorful rings which are made of lumps of dirty ice
It is 62 moons
URANUSDid you know…….
It is tilted with it’s poles on the sides
Uranus is also made of gases, and
It glows a blue-green color
It also has rings and many moons
Neptune
Did you know…
Neptune is also a gasPlanet, and it is VERY Windy (1200 miles perHour!)
It has 8 moons
It has small ringsmade of dust and ice chips
PlutoDid you know…..
Pluto is a dwarf planet
Farthest planet away from the sun, and verytiny
It is very cold (it’s a big chunk of ice
It takes 248 Earth years to circle the sun
Our Moon
The moon has no air and noweather
It takes the moon about 27days to orbit around the Earth
It would take 130 days to drivea car to the moon
The moon does not glow, it reflects light from the sun.
An Astronaut on the Moon
The Sun
The sun’s surfaceIs about 10,000 degrees !
It is a ball of burning gas
It is the energy source which makes life possible on Earth
Milky Way Galaxy
Asteroids
Comets
SPACE SHIPS ANDROCKET
Aliens !!!
Alien Ships
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