Origins of the Solar System

By: Taylor Buchberger

The Sun

• Warmth• Solid Surface• 4.6 Billion Years• Burning or

Shrinking?

Inner Planets

• Closely Spaced• Smaller, Denser, and

Rockier• Terrestrial Planets• Mercury, Venus, Earth,

Mars• Hotter

Outer Planets

• Large• Gas• Deep Massive

Atmosphere• Gas Giants• Jupiter, Uranus,

Neptune, Pluto

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