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Our Solar System

Our Solar System. Inner Solar System (Terrestrial Planets). Mercury Venus Earth Mars. Evening and Morning Star. Mercury and Venus. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0003/mercurysky_casado_big.jpg. Mercury. Mercury Year = 88 Earth Days Mercury Day = 59 Earth Days.

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Our Solar System

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  1. Our Solar System

  2. Inner Solar System(Terrestrial Planets) • Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars

  3. Evening and Morning Star Mercury and Venus http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0003/mercurysky_casado_big.jpg

  4. Mercury Mercury Year = 88 Earth Days Mercury Day = 59 Earth Days http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9612/mercury2_mariner10_big.gif

  5. Surface of Mercury • Mercury has no atmosphere • Water on Mercury? Possibly. • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0002/merc4_m10_big.gif

  6. Solar Energy Temperature = 662 to -274 degrees Fahrenheit http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9911/mercury_1600_trace.gif

  7. Distance From Sun = 0.387 AU • Distance From Sun = 0.387 AU • Earth Mass = .055 • Diameter = .383 • Tilt = .5 • Earth Mass = .055 • Diameter = .383 • Tilt = .5

  8. Venus Venus Year = 225 Earth Days Venus Day = 243 Earth Days http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/venus_galileo.gif

  9. Surface of Venus • Atmosphere • Mostly Carbon Dioxide • 3% Nitrogen • Sulfuric Acid Droplets • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0105/venus_greenbank_big.jpg

  10. Solar Energy Temperature = 860 degrees Fahrenheit Water on Venus? NO (evaporated) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/maat_mons.gif

  11. Distance From Sun = 0.723 AU • Earth Mass = .815 • Diameter = .949 • Tilt = 177.3

  12. Earth Earth Year = 365 days Earth Day = 24 hours http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010204.html

  13. Surface of Earth • Atmosphere • 78% Nitrogen • 21% Oxygen • 1% Other Gases • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980204.html

  14. Solar Energy Temperature = 140 to -130 degrees Fahrenheit Water on Earth? Yes (liquid , solid, & gas) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000131.html

  15. Distance From Sun = 1 AU • Earth Mass = 1 • Diameter = 1 • Tilt = 23.45

  16. Mars Mars Year = 1.88 Earth Years Mars Day = 24.5 Earth Hours http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011017.html

  17. Surface of Mars • Atmosphere • 95% Carbon Dioxide • 5% Nitrogen • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010721.html

  18. Solar Energy Temperature = 70 to -220 degrees Fahrenheit Water on Mars? Yes (frozen) http://physics1.byu.edu/christensen/Physics%20127/Images/Mars.html

  19. Distance From Sun = 1.524 AU • Earth Mass = .107 • Diameter = .553 • Tilt = 25.19

  20. Asteroid Belt • Divides the Inner and Outer Planets http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010211.html

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