V The Sun is the center of our solar system

V The word ´solarµ means ´of the sunµ

V Our sun is a medium-sized star
V Our sun is medium-hot, and yellow
 

The Sun does not count as a planet, but all the
planets orbit the sun. The sun goes through a
lot of radiation storms and the worst happens
every 11 years
V The sun has layers
The middle is called the core ² it is 27,000,000
degrees!
The outer layer is the chromosphere
The layer under the chromosphere is the
photosphere, where light and other forms of energy
are released
Under the photosphere is the convective zone where
heat is released
The layer above the core is the radiative zone
V The sun is made up of gasses
The most abundant gas is Hydrogen
Hydrogen is undergoing 
 to make Helium, which releases a huge
amount of energy
×orms of energy released include light, heat, and various rays, like X rays
and gamma rays, which are forms of radiation
 

ercury is the closest planet to the Sun. ercury
is an extremely hot planet and has no life on it.
One day is equal to 59 Earth days and orbits
the sun every 88 days.
V The inner four planets are formed mostly of
rock
V ercury is first
It has very little atmosphere
It has no moons
It is VERY HOT!
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Venus is the second closest to the Sun and has got
life on it like Earth. One day is equal to 243 Earth
Days and it takes 225 days to orbit the Sun, which
means Venus orbits the Sun in less than a year on
there planet!!!!
V Venus is second
It has a very thick atmosphere, and this makes the
temperature the highest in the solar system
It has no moons
It is about the same size as Earth
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Earth is next in the Solar System and has 6 billion

people on it and if we were any closer to the
Sun we would burn up and if we were any
further away from the Sun we would freeze
over, so we are just right.
V Earth is third
V It has liquid water
V It has a medium-thick atmosphere
V It has one moon
V It·s where we live
  
ars is a red planet which has a day of 24hrs and
27 minutes and orbits the sun every 687 days.
ars has half an hour more than us in a day.
ars is very more colder than Earth.
V ars is fourth
It has a thinner atmosphere than Earth
No surface water
High winds sometimes
Two moons
V ^etween ars and Jupiter is and asteroid belt
V Lots of rocks
V No liquid water
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Jupiter is next and one day equals to 10 hours and
it orbits the Sun every 11 years and 315 days.
The patterns on Jupiter are all storms as Jupiter
is well known to be the biggest gas giant in the
Solar System.
V Jupiter, the largest planet, is fifth
V Jupiter is a gas planet
V It has rings, and 63 moons
V The Great Red Spot is a storm that has been
there ever since Galileo saw it 400 years ago!
 

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar
system and it has a day of 10 hours and 39
minutes and it orbits the Sun every 29 years
and 167 days.
V Saturn is the sixth planet
V It is also a gas planet
V Saturn is famous for its rings, which are easy to
see with a telescope ² Galileo saw them, too
V Has 56 moons
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Uranus has some rings on it and one day is equal
to 17 hours and 14 minutes and orbits the Sun
every 84 years and 6 days. Uranus has lots of
hydrogen on it which gives it a green colour.
V Uranus is a gas planet, too ² all four of the
outer planets are
V It spins sideways, probably because it was hit
by a comet or asteroid
V Uranus has thin rings and 27 moons
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Neptune is second furthest planet away from the
Sun. One day is equal to 18 hours and it orbits
the Sun every 164 years and 288 days. Neptune
is the smallest of gas giants.
V Neptune is the farthest away
V It is a gas planet
V It has VERY strong winds, over 400 miles an
hour
V Neptune has 13 moons
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èluto is the smallest planet in the Solar System
and is the furthest away from the Sun. One day
is equal to 6 Earth days and 9 hours and orbits
the Sun every 248 years and 183 days.
V èluto is another body now called a èLUTOID
V It has an irregular orbit ² tilted and elongated
V It has 3 moons ² one is very large
V Eris, the newest body, is also a èlutoid
V It has only one moon
V There is at least one more planet, but it may be
a giant, we just don·t know yet«.

V Research is always going on to help us know

our way around our neighborhood ² the
SOLAR SYSTE

V aybe someday YOU will travel to one of

these wonderful places!
V There are also:
eteors and comets
Space dust
Satellites
Space junk and trash