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Our Solar System

Discover the Terrestrial (Rocky) planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars - along with the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Learn about their unique characteristics, sizes, compositions, and distances in this fascinating journey through our solar system.

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Our Solar System

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  1. Our Solar System

  2. The Inner Planets Terrestrial (Rocky) planets

  3. Mercury • Closest planet to the Sun • Heavily cratered surface • Smallest planet

  4. Venus Extremely high temperature due to runaway greenhouse effect • Covered in volcanoes and mountains • Similar to Earth in size and composition

  5. Earth • Has atmosphere to keep temperatures moderate (Goldilocks Zone) Can support Life! 70% of surface covered with water

  6. Mars • Reddish in color due to iron in soil • Has seasons and polar ice • caps like Earth • Once had water • on surface

  7. Asteroid Belt

  8. Terrestrial Planets & Pluto *this image is to scale

  9. The Outer Planets Gas Giants

  10. Jupiter • Largest planet • Red spot is huge, hurricane-like storm • Rotates very fast • Has ring system and many moons

  11. Saturn • Most extensive, visible ring system made of ice & dust • Would float in • water

  12. Uranus • Has ring system • Rotates on its side • Similar in size and composition to Neptune

  13. Neptune • Has ring system • Gives off more heat than it gets from the Sun • Similar in size and composition to Uranus • Farthest planet from the Sun

  14. Kuiper Belt

  15. Outer Planets *this image is to scale

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