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The Solar System
The Solar System
• The Solar System is a collection of planets, moons and the stars they orbit.
• Our Solar System has eight planets that orbit the sun.
The Solar System
• The Sun is the center of the Solar System.
• The Sun is a star.
The Solar System
• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
• It is small.• It is very hot.• It has no
moons.
The Solar System
• Venus is the second closest planet from the Sun.
• Venus is the hottest planet.
• It has no moon.
The Solar System
• We live on the Earth.
• It is the third planet from the Sun.
• The Earth has one moon.
The Solar System
• Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
• Mars is red.• It has two tiny
moons.
The Solar System
• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun.
• It is the biggest planet in our Solar System.
• It has many moons.
The Solar System
• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.
• It has beautiful rings made of ice and rocks.
• It has many moons.
The Solar System
• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.
• It is a light-blue gas.
• It has many moons.
The Solar System
• Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.
• Is is alight-blue gas.
• It has many moons.
The Solar System
• Pluto is a rocky planet.
• It has one moon.
• It is the smallest planet in our Solar System.
The Solar System
• Memory aid: My very excellent mother just sent us nine pizzas.
The Solar System
• Planet names:– Mercury: Roman god of war.– Venus: Greek god of the Sun.– Mars: Chief of the Roman gods.– Jupiter: Greek god of the underworld.– Saturn: Messenger of the Roman gods.– Uranus: Roman goddess of love.– Neptune: Stern Roman god.– Pluto: Greek god of the sea.
The Solar System• Planet diameters and distances from the Sun.
The Solar System
• The nine planets orbit the sun.
The Solar System
• The time taken to orbit the sun depends on the distance from the sun.
The Moon
