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Our Solar System. This lesson will introduce y ou to the sun and planets in the solar system. 4 th grade. Sun. 864,970 miles across Made of Hydrogen and Helium Surface Temperature: 6,400 Degrees Fahrenheit. Mercury. 3,031 miles across 35,340,00 miles from the sun Orbit: 87.97 days
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Our Solar System This lesson will introduce you to the sun and planets in the solar system. 4th grade
Sun 864,970 miles across Made of Hydrogen and Helium Surface Temperature: 6,400 Degrees Fahrenheit
Mercury 3,031 miles across 35,340,00 miles from the sun Orbit: 87.97 days Rotation: 58.64 days Moons: None Rings: None
Venus 7,520 miles across 67,239,000 miles from the sun Orbit: 224.7 days Rotation: 243 days Moons: None Rings: None
Earth 7,916 miles across 93,000,000 miles from the sun Orbit: 1 year Rotation: 24 hours Moons: 1 Rings: None
Mars 4,212 miles across 141,637,725 miles from the sun Orbit: 1.88 years Rotation: 24.62 hours Moons: 2 Rings: None
Jupiter 86,880 miles across 483,638,564 miles from the sun Orbit: 11.86 years Rotation: 9.92 hours Moons: 50 Rings: 3
Saturn 72,366 miles across 886,489,415 miles from the sun Orbit: 29.44 years Rotation: 10.66 hours Moons: 53 Rings: Thousands
Uranus 31,518 miles across 1,868,039,489 miles from the sun Orbit: 84.01 years Rotation: 17.24 hours Moons: 27 Rings: 13
Neptune 30,598 miles across 2,819,185,846 miles from the sun Orbit: 164.8 years Rotation: 16.11 hours Moons: 13 Rings: 9
Summary Summary Our solar system is made up of eight planets that rotate around the Sun. The closest to the sun is Mercury followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Photo Sources • http://www.universetoday.com/15451/the-solar-system/ • http://www.sunorbit.net/real_sun.htm • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Venus • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Earth • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune
Information source: • Vogt, Gregory. Solar system. New York: Scholastic Inc., 20122000. Print.