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STARDOME PRESENTS

STARDOME PRESENTS. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Images by courtesy of. The Earth – our home in space. The Universe of Galaxies. Each galaxy is a city of stars. Our galaxy – the Milky Way. You are here. Stars in the Milky Way. 500 light years. 500 light years = 500 x 9 000 000 000 000 kilometres.

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STARDOME PRESENTS

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  1. STARDOME PRESENTS THE SOLAR SYSTEM Images by courtesy of

  2. The Earth – our home in space

  3. The Universe of Galaxies Each galaxy is a city of stars

  4. Our galaxy – the Milky Way You are here

  5. Stars in the Milky Way 500 light years 500 light years = 500 x 9 000 000 000 000 kilometres 500 light years = 4 500 000 000 000 000 kilometres!

  6. The Sun – our local star

  7. A sunspot An area of cooler gas sinking into the sun

  8. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto 4 small rock planets 4 giant gas planets

  9. Orbits of the inner planets

  10. Orbits of the Outer Planets

  11. Daytime 420 degrees Mercury Night Minus 180 degrees

  12. Meteorite craters No air No water No life

  13. Venus Shrouded in clouds

  14. Venus Uncovered by radar

  15. Surface of Venus Acid clouds Suffocating carbon dioxide Temperature 500 C Crushing atmosphere

  16. Earth Warm Air Water Life

  17. Seasons on Earth Sun Winter Summer Short days Long nights Long days Short Nights

  18. Sunset over Europe

  19. The Moon

  20. Phases of the Moon Sunlight

  21. MARS Meteorite craters Valleys Volcanoes

  22. MARS, THE RED PLANET

  23. The face on Mars?

  24. Surface of Mars Thin carbon dioxide atmosphere Temperature minus 20 degrees C Water frozen into soil

  25. Water on Mars Mars from orbit Showing river channels made by water long ago

  26. Surface of Mars from the Spirit lander

  27. Mars Express: Volcanic crater 1 km wide

  28. A human landing on Mars – maybe by 2020?

  29. Asteroids

  30. Meteorite Crater, Arizona Deep Impact

  31. Jupiter – gas giant

  32. 60 moons

  33. The 4 great moons of Jupiter Io A world of volcanoes Europa Ice covered Water beneath the ice? Ganymede Ice covered, largest moon in the Solar System Callisto Ice surface, Covered in craters

  34. Saturn, Lord of the Rings

  35. Titan 30 Moons

  36. 15 January 2005: Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan TITAN The only moon known to have an atmosphere.

  37. URANUS: 21 moons

  38. Uranus A planet knocked on its side

  39. NEPTUNE: 11 Moons

  40. Planet 10 ? Sedna Diameter: 1600 km Distance from Sun: 13 billion km Not a planet: one of many icy worlds in the Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto

  41. Charon PLUTO

  42. COMET A space iceberg

  43. The Oort Cloud of comets

  44. COMET HALE-BOPP 1997 Gas tail Dust tail

  45. Meteor – shooting star 12 August 13 December

  46. Meteor Storm !

  47. The Solar System Nine wonderful worlds

  48. SOLAR SYSTEM Is a STARDOME PRODUCTION By DENNIS ASHTON, FRAS Images from

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