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Planets

Planets. Sun. Energy comes from Nuclear Fusion: Hydrogen atoms join together to form Helium Three zones/layers of the Sun: Convection Zone Radiation Zone Core. Features of the Sun include: Sunspots : areas of gas that are cooler than those around it

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Planets

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  1. Planets

  2. Sun • Energy comes from Nuclear Fusion: Hydrogen atoms join together to form Helium • Three zones/layers of the Sun: • Convection Zone • Radiation Zone • Core • Features of the Sun include: • Sunspots: areas of gas that are cooler than those around it • Prominences: huge reddish loops of gas • Solar Flares: super heated gas eruptions • Solar Wind: wind from the corona as a result of a solar flare

  3. Mercury • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN : About 36,000,000 miles • DIAMETER : About 3,000 miles • DAYS TO ORBIT AROUND THE SUN : 88 Earth days • ROTATION ON ITS AXIS: 59 Earth days • ATMOSPHERE : Almost non existent-trace amounts of Hydrogen and Helium • NUMBER OF MOONS: 0 • TEMPERATURE : 810° F, -279°F *FASTEST ORBITING SPEED AROUND THE SUN: 30 mi./sec.

  4. Venus • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: About 68,000,000 miles • DIAMETER: About 7,500 miles • DAYS TO ORBIT AROUND THE SUN: 224.7 Earth days • ROTATION ON ITS AXIS: 243Earth days • ATMOSPHERE: Carbon Dioxide; Sulfuric Acid clouds- obscure views of the surface • NUMBER OF MOONS: 0 • TEMPERATURE: 867°F *hottest of any planet

  5. Earth • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: About 93,000,000 miles • DIAMETER: About 8,000 miles • ORBIT THE SUN: 365.26 days • ROTATION ON ITS AXIS: 23hr/56min. • ATMOSPHERE: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% Argon, Carbon Dioxide and trace gases • NUMBER OF MOONS: 1 • TEMPERATURE: -129°F to 136°F

  6. Mars • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: About 142,000,000 miles • Diameter: About 4,000 miles • ORBIT THE SUN: 1.88 Earth years • ROTATION ON ITS AXIS: 24hr, 37 min • ATMOSPHERE: Primarily Carbon Dioxide • MOONS: 2 • TEMPERATURE: 185° to 50 ° F

  7. Jupiter • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: About 483,700,000 miles • DIAMETER: About 89,000 miles • ORBIT THE SUN IN EARTH YEARS: 11.86 years • ROTATION ON ITS AXIS: 9 hrs, 51 minutes • ATMOSPHERE: 90% Hydrogen and 10% Helium • NUMBER OF MOONS: 60 • AVERAGE CLOUD TEMPERATURE: -186°F

  8. Saturn • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: About 888,000,000 miles • DIAMETER: About 75,000 miles • ORBIT THE SUN IN EARTH YEARS: 29.42 Earth years • ROTATION ON ITS AXIS: 10 hours, 39 minutes • ATMOSPHERE: 97% Hydrogen and 3% Helium • NUMBER OF MOONS: 33 • AVERAGE CLOUD TEMPERATURE: -193°F

  9. Uranus • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: About 1,800,000,000 miles • DIAMETER: About 32,000 miles • ORBIT THE SUN IN EARTH YEARS: 83.75 Earth years • ROTATION OF ITS AXIS: 17 hours, 14 minutes • ATMOSPHERE: 83% Hydrogen, 15% Helium and 2% Methane • NUMBER OF MOONS: 21 • AVERAGE CLOUD TEMPERATURE: 193°F

  10. Neptune • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: About 2,800,000,000 miles • DIAMETER: About 31,000 miles • ORBIT THE SUN IN EARTH: 164 Earth Years • ROTATION ON ITS AXIS: 16 hours, 7 minutes • ATMOSPHERE: 74% Hydrogen, 25% Helium and 1% Methane • NUMBER OF MOONS: 11 • AVERAGE CLOUD TEMPERATURE: -315°F

  11. COMET • COMET: meaning “long haired star” in Greek • Loose collection of ice, dust and small rocky particles and possibly a rocky core whose orbits are usually very long, narrow ellipses • Originates from: Kuiper belt and Oort cloud Haley’s comet 1986

  12. Meteors • METEOROID: chunk of rock or dust in space; come from comets or asteroids. • METEOR: when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere • METEORITE: meteoroid that passes through the Earth’s atmosphere and hit Earth’s surface

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