The Amazing Solar System

1. The Amazing Solar System By Mrs. Galdo’s Class June 2009

2. MercuryBy: Hannah • Mercury has no yet discovered moons. • Mercury’s surface is like that of Earth’s moon’s surface with craters, hills, and valleys. • Mercury has almost no atmosphere at all because its atmosphere is taken away by the Sun’s gravity. • Despite being so close to the sun, Mercury has ice at its North Pole. The ice doesn’t melt because of the shadows of the craters around it. • According to studies , there may be volcanic action on Mercury. • Mercury is a grayish white color.

3. MercuryBy Luke • Mercury is an inner planet and is 28,600,000 miles from the sun. • A usual daytime temperature on Mercury is 800° Fahrenheit. A usual night time temperature on Mercury is -350° Fahrenheit . They named this planet Mercury because of a Greek god that runs really fast. Mercury speeds around the sun at 31 miles per second. • The length of day on Mercury is 1,407 hours and 30 minutes.

4. Venusby Joseph • Venus is about the same size as Earth. • Venus is Earth’s sister. • The symbol is ♀. • Mountains and volcanoes rise over most of it. • It’s even bigger than a star when we look at it from Earth because it is closer.

5. Venusby Thomas • Venus is the only planet with the greenhouse effect, causing the temperature to rise up to 864°F or 462°C. • Venus is too hot for rain. • Venus is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. • Venus was visited by 5 space crafts. • When meteors hit Venus, the small pieces burn up in the atmosphere.

6. Venusby Alex • Venus is a planet without moons. • Venus is an inner planet. It is also the second planet from our sun. • Venus has many active volcanoes. • Venus is a hot planet, 864°F (462°C).

7. EarthBy Chris • The Earth is a planet with lots of water, land, and gases. • The Earth’s coldest temperature was recorded as -126 ° degrees. • My planet is unique because it’s the only one with life.

8. Earthby Kathryn • The Earth is 4 ½ billion years old. • The Earth is not perfectly round. • The Earth is the third planet from the sun. Earth is one of the inner rocky planets. The average distance from the sun is 92,955,820 miles. • The Earth is the only planet whose name does not come from Greek or Roman mythology. • The highest temperature is 136° Fahrenheit. That was recorded in Aziziyh, Libya. • The Earth has one moon. The moon has lots of craters.

9. Marsby Jack • Mars has two moons. Their names are Phobos and Deimos. • Mars has 38 percent of the gravity that Earth has. I weigh 67 pounds, so I’d weigh 5 pounds on Mars. • Mars has rovers on it. Rovers are robots that go where people can’t. One rover is stuck. It is called Spirit.

10. MarsBy Peter • Mars has a volcano three times the size of Mt. Everest. • Mars has craters, mountains, and valleys. • Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. • Mars is right next to the Asteroid Belt.

11. MarsBy Krista • If you looked up at the sky from Mars it would be a pinkish color like a sunset on Earth. • If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth you would weigh 48 pounds on Mars. • Mar’s surface looks more like Earth’s surface than any other planet because it has polar icecaps and it might have had water and/or life {microscopic bugs}, but there is no proof today.

12. JupiterBy Kelley • Jupiter is a gas planet. • The temperature of Jupiter’s clouds very cold. It is -234ºF. • In the summer of 1994, a comet slammed into it. The following six days it kept on happening! • Jupiter’s clouds are made of gas.

13. Jupiterby Molly • Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. • Jupiter’s faint rings are darker than Saturn’s rings. • More than 1,000 Earths could fit inside Jupiter. • Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system.

14. Jupiterby Lauren • Jupiter has 63 moons. • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot can fit 2 Earths inside it. • Jupiter would have been a star but, it turned into a planet. • The distance around Jupiter’s equator is 88,734 miles.

15. SaturnBy Marlee • Saturn is the second largest planet. • It takes 10,759 Earth days or 29 ½ Earth years for one orbit. • Saturn was found in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. • Saturn’s symbol is like a combination of the letters t and h. • Titan is Saturn’s biggest moon.

16. Saturnby Bud • Saturn has 11 rings made of ice crystals. • Saturn was the most distant planet known to the ancients. • Saturn is made of helium and hydrogen. • Saturn’s volume is 755 times greater than earth’s. • Some people thought it was three planets because of its rings.

17. Saturnby Mckenzie • Saturn has 61 fantastic moons. • Saturn is 1,427million kilometers away from the sun. • Saturn does not have a solid surface.

18. Uranusby Ria • Uranus’s position in the solar system is the 7th planet. • Uranus is an outer planet. • The color of Uranus is a blue-green color like Neptune. • Uranus’s gravity is 8.43 m/s2. • If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 86 pounds on Uranus. • Uranus is made up of gas and liquid.

19. UranusBy Jarrett • Uranus has 11 rings. • Uranus rotates on its side. • Uranus is Neptune’s sister planet. • Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.

20. UranusBY Mackenzie • Uranus’s temperature is -357 degrees. • Uranus has 27 moons. Three of the moons are named Cupid, Ophelia, and Cordelia. • Uranus’s rings are made of little dust particles. • Uranus’s years are 30,685 earth days.

21. Neptuneby Julia • Neptune has 13 moons. Some of them are Proteus, Halimede, Psamathe, Sao, Laomedeia, and Neso. • When it is clear Neptune’s temperature is -353°f or -214°c below zero. • Neptune is the farthest planet away from the sun. Neptune is an outer planet. Neptune is 2,793,100,000 miles [ 4,498,252,900 km] miles away from the sun. • Neptune’s diameter at the equator is 30,775 miles [ 49,528 km]. • Neptune’s axis is not perpendicular [at an angle 90°] to the planet’s path around the sun. The axis tilts about 28° from the perpendicular position. • Neptune spins around once every 16 hours and 7 minutes. • Scientists first saw Neptune through a telescope in 1846.

22. NeptuneBy Kristen • Neptune has thirteen moons. Some moons are Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, and Larissa. • The unique thing about Neptune is that it has a great dark spot. • Neptune means Posedion, which was the Greek god of the sea. • Bright blue clouds cover Neptune`s surface. • Neptune `s blue color is the result of a gas called methane.