Solar System

What you need to know

Where we live in Space

The Sun

Hydrogen + Helium

Sol= Sun

Planets

Inner Planets Outer

Planets

Mercury

Terrestrial

Not the hottest planetClosest

planet to sun

VenusTerrestrial

Closest in size to Earth

Hottest Planet

Mars

Terrestrial

Last Inner Planet

Has two Satellites (moons)

Asteroid BeltBetween Mars and

Jupiter

Asteroid Belt

SmallIrregularly

shaped objects

Asteroid Belt

Contains the Dwarf Planet

Ceres

Outer Planets

Gas Giants

Jupiter

Largest Planet in

Solar System

50 Regular Moons

14 Provisional

Moons

SaturnRings are

made mostly of ice

Uranus

Rotates on its side

NeptuneBlue Color is

from Methane Gas

Kuiper BeltSmall icy objects

Dwarf planets

Some comets come from

here

Pluto

Dwarf Planet

Comets

Rock and Ice

Elliptical Orbits

Tail when close to Sun

Oort Cloud

More icy objects and

comets

End of Solar System

Orbits

Planetary orbits are roughly circular

Planets orbit/revolve around Sun

Satellites revolve around planets.

Planets rotate on their axes

OrbitElliptical orbits

Gravity

Force acting on objects

Sun’s gravity keeps planets

orbiting it

Planets’ gravities

keep satellites orbiting

Sun

Earth orbits

No Gravity= Earth flies

straight out

Gravity

Credits

• FOSS

• Wikipedia

• NASA Kids