Solar System Facts : A Guide to Things Orbiting Our Sun. Star system and Planetary system.

1. The Solar System
By Anthony Swami Lourdes

2. Index
• Acknowledgement
• Information
• Introduction to our Solar system
• Biography Report
• Practical components
• Relation to Global issues
• The Solar System:
---What is Solar System ?
--- Inner/Outer planets ?
--- Image of Solar System ?
---The Relative size of the planets in
the solar system.
• The Sun:
---Planets of Solar System
---Features of small rocky planets.
• Eclipse of the sun:
---Solar eclipse
• Mercury:
---Third rock from the sun
• Earth moon
• Mars
• Interesting fact about third planet
• Jupiter king of the Earth:
---Groups of Jupiter moons
• Saturn
• Distant twins in space
• Pluto , Venus , Earth , Uranus , Neptune.
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Thank You (Any Queries)

3. Acknowledgement
It is a matter of pleasure of acknowledgement by indebtedness to
my teacher ____________________________ for her great and
needy half in the completion of this project. I excess my thanks
and gratitude to them. They helped me and provided with his/her
valuable guidance at each and every steps.
I also thank principal___________________________________
For his deep interest valuable guidance, encouragement and the
facility provided to me during the course of my project

4. Information
• This composite image shows suspected
plumes of water This composite image
shows suspected plumes of water vapor
erupting at the 7 o'clock position off the
limb of Jupiter's moon Europa. The
plumes, photographed by NASA's
Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging
Spectrograph, were seen in silhouette as
the moon passed in front of Jupiter.
Hubble's ultraviolet sensitivity allowed
for the features -- rising over 100 miles
(160 kilometers) above Europa's icy
surface -- to be discerned. The water is
believed to come from a subsurface
ocean on Europa. The Hubble data were
taken on January 26, 2014. The image
of Europa, superimposed on the Hubble
data, is assembled from data from the
Galileo and Voyager missionsmissions.

5. Introduction to Our Solar System
I'm still bummed out about Pluto getting replaneted.
• Our solar system has 8 planets that orbit a big star called the Sun.
(An orbit is the path that a planet moves through.) All the planets
orbit the Sun in elliptical paths. (An ellipse is just a stretched out
circle.)
• All the planets take different amounts of time to get all the way
around the Sun. Our Earth takes a year to make one complete
orbit. In fact, that's how we decided how long a year should be -
it's the length of time it takes us to get all the way around the Sun!
• Also, all the planets spin while they move around the Sun... Just
like tops!
• There is another mess of stuff that orbits the Sun... We call it the
Asteroid Belt and it is just a bunch of really big rocks.
• Here's a picture of all the orbits:

6. The Solar System

7. What’s in Our Solar System?
• Our Solar System consists of a central star
(the Sun), the nine planets orbiting the sun,
moons, asteroids, comets, meteors,
interplanetary gas, dust, and all the “space”
in between them.
• The nine planets of the Solar System are
named for Greek and Roman Gods and
Goddesses.

8. Inner and Outer PlanetsInner and Outer Planets
• Inner Planets:
– Mercury
– Venus
– Earth
– Mars
• Outer Planets
– Jupiter
– Saturn
– Uranus
– Neptune
– Pluto

10. The Relative Size of the Planets in
the Solar System

11. The Sun
• The sun’s energy comes from
nuclear fusion (where hydrogen is
converted to helium) within its
core. This energy is released from
the sun in the form of heat and
light.
• Remember: Stars produce light.
Planets reflect light.
• A star’s temperature determines its
“color.” The coldest stars are red.
The hottest stars are blue.

12. The 9 Planets of the Solar System
• Planets are categorized according to
composition and size. There are two main
categories of planets:
– small rocky planets (Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, and Pluto)
– gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
Neptune)

13. Characteristics of Small Rocky
Planets
• They are made up mostly of rock and metal.
• They are very heavy.
• They move slowly in space.
• They have no rings and few moons (if any).
• They have a diameter of less than 13,000
km.

14. Solar Eclipse
This happens when the
Moon comes between
Earth and the Sun. The
shadow of the moon
falls on part of Earth.

15. Mercury
• Mercury has a revolution
period of 88 days. Mercury
has extreme temperature
fluctuations, ranging from
800°F (daytime) to -270°F
(nighttime).
• Even though it is the closest
planet to the sun, Scientists
believe there is ICE on
Mercury! The ice is
protected from the sun’s heat
by crater shadows.

16. The Planet Earth is just one big interesting works !
Do you know:
71 % of the earth’s surface is covered with water !

17. Earth’s Moon
• It takes the moon approximately 29 days to
complete one rotation. The same side of the moon
always faces us.
• The moon’s surface is covered in dust and rocky
debris from meteor impacts. It has no water or
atmosphere.
• The moon reflects light from the sun onto the earth’s
surface.

18. • Like Earth, Mars has ice caps
at its poles.
• Mars has the largest volcano
in our solar system: Olympus
Mons. Olympus Mons is
approximately 15 miles high.
• Mars appears red because of
iron oxide, or rust, in its soil.
• Mars has two moons and
takes about two years to
complete an orbit.
Mars

19. Interesting fact about the Red Planets

20. Jupiter is the largest
and most massive
planet.
It’s diameter is 11
times bigger than that of
the Earth’s.
It takes about 12 years
for Jupiter to orbit the
sun.
Jupiter has 16 known
moons.

21. Groups of Jupiter moons

22. Saturn • Saturn is composed almost
entirely of hydrogen and
helium.
• Saturn has many rings made
of ice. Saturn’s rings are
very wide. They extend
outward to about 260,000
miles from the surface but
are less than 1 mile thick.
• Saturn has 18 known moons,
some of which orbit inside
the rings!
• It takes Saturn about 30
years to orbit the sun.

23. Distant Twins in Space

24. Pluto
• Pluto has only one moon
and takes about 249 years to
orbit the sun.
• Part of Pluto’s orbit passes
inside that of Neptune, so at
times Neptune is the planet
farthest from the sun.
• Pluto was located and
named in 1930, but today
Pluto is no longer
considered a
planet.

25. Relation to Global Issues

26. Venus
• Venus is the brightest object
in the sky after the sun and
moon because its atmosphere
reflects sunlight so well.
People often mistake it for a
star.
• Its maximum surface
temperature may reach 900°F.
• Venus has no moons and
takes 225 days to complete an
orbit.

27. Earth
• Earth is the only planet
known to support living
organisms.
• Earth’s surface is composed
of 71% water.
– Water is necessary for life on
Earth.
– The oceans help maintain
Earth’s stable temperatures.
• Earth has one moon and an
oxygen rich atmosphere.

28. Characteristics of Gas Giants
• They are made up mostly of gases
(primarily hydrogen & helium).
• They are very light for their size.
• They move quickly in space.
• They have rings and many moons.
• They have a diameter of less than 48,000
km

29. Uranus
• Uranus is blue in
color due to methane
gas in its atmosphere.
• Uranus has 11 dark
rings surrounding it.
• Uranus has 21 known
moons and takes 84
years to complete one
orbit.

30. Neptune
• Neptune has the fastest
winds in the solar
system: up to 2,000
km/hr.
• Neptune is also blue in
color due to methane gas
in its atmosphere.
• Neptune takes 165 years
to orbit the sun and has 8
moons.

31. Bibliography
• Hein riches, Ann, Exploring the world of Ponce de
Leon, Compass Point Books, Minneapolis, MN,
2002, pages 48
• Internet web sites for www.worldbookline.com
Ponce de Leon
• Internet web sites for www.newadvent.org Ponce
de Leon pages 4
• Microsoft power point Clip art.

32. Conclusion
 In our Solar system , the planet and the
sun are considered the major bodies.
 While Comets , meteoroids asteroids
and moon are considered minor bodies.

33. Biography report
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2008 http://stardate.org/resources/ss.
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<http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/b

34. Practical Component

35. Thank you for Listening
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