A Solar System has at least one star and at least one planet
around that star. Scientists have already discovered over 500!
solar systems besides our own.
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Planets:8 Dwarf Planets:5 Moons:174 Potential Places to Look
for Life 187! In our solar system, we have:
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Getting a sense of our Solar System
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Relative Distances of the Planets
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How can we tell if a specific body in the Solar System might
have life? By writing down facts we know about it!
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Earth: CategoriesFacts Year of DiscoveryNot Applicable Distance
from Sun149,600,000 km Radius6,371 km Temperature14 C
Composition.Mostly Nitrogen and Oxygen in the Atmosphere. Does it
have water?Yes! Lots of it! 1 Interesting fact Earth has over 2
million different species of life!
