Solar System

Łukasz Kowalik MA42. Gymnasium, Szczecin

The sun and its planets

Solar SystemSun

Animated Solar System

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

Planets:

Sun• Period of Rotation: 25.4 days at equator,

up to 30 days at poles. • Mass: 333,000 x that of Earth. • Diameter: 870,000 miles (1.4 million

kilometres). • Temperature: 27 million °F (15 million °C) in

core; 11,000°F (6,100°C) at surface.

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Sun in pictures

Sun in pictures

Sun Zones and parts

Mercury• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 36 million miles (57.9

million kilometres).• REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 88 days.• ROTATION: 59 days.• DIAMETER: 3,030 miles (4,878 kilometres).• DENSITY: 5.4 x that of water.• MASS: 0.06 x that of earth• SURFACE TEMPERATURE: 806°F (430°C) on

day side, -297°F (-183°C) on night side.

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Mercury in pictures

Mercury• Parts

Venus• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 67.2 million miles

(108.2 million kilometres).• REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 225 days.• ROTATION: 243 days.• DIAMETER: 7,520 miles (12,100 kilometres).• DENSITY: 5.2 x that of water.• MASS: 0.815 x that of Earth.• SURFACE TEMPERATURE: 850°F (454°C).

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Venus in pictures

Venus in pictures

Venus• Parts

Earth• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 93 million miles (159 million

kilometres).• REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 365.3 days.• ROTATION: 23.9 hours.• DIAMETER: 7,926 miles (12,753 kilometres).• DENSITY: 5.5 x that of water.• SURFACE TEMPERATURE: -128°F (-89°C) to 136°F

(57.7°C). Satellite:

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The Moon

Earth in pictures

Earth in pictures

Earth• Parts

Mars• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 141,525,900 miles

(227,900,000 kilometres)• REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 687 days• ROTATION: 24.6 hours• DIAMETER: 4,215 mile (6,787 kilometres)• DENSITY: 3.9 x that of water• MASS: 0.1 x that of Earth• SURFACE TEMPERATURE: variable, averages -

85°F (-65°C)

Satellites:

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Phobos Deimos

Mars in pictures

Mars in pictures

Mars• Parts

Jupiter• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 484 million miles (778

million kilometres).REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 11.86 years.ROTATION: 9.9 hours.DIAMETER: 88,750 miles (142,800 kilometres).DENSITY: 1.3 x that of water.MASS: 318 x that of Earth.SURFACE TEMPERATURE: -236°F (-149°C) at cloud tops.

• Satellites:

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Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea and Thebe

Io Europa Ganymede Callisto

Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke,

Carme, Pasiphae and Sinope

Jupiter in pictures

Jupiter in pictures

Jupiter• Parts

Saturn• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 887 million miles (1.427

million kilometres).REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 29.5 years.ROTATION: 10 hours, 14 minutes.DIAMETER: 74,600 miles (120,000 kilometres).DENSITY: 0.7 x that of water.MASS: 95 x that of Earth.SURFACE TEMPERATURE: -288°F (-178°C) at cloud tops.

Satellites:Pan and Atlas Prometheus and Pandora Epimetheus Janus

Mimas Enceladus Tethys, Telesto and Calypso Dione and Helene

Rhea Titan Hyperion Iapetus Phoebe

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Saturn in pictures

Saturn in pictures

Saturn – Ring Structure

Uranus• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion

kilometres).• REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 84 years.• ROTATION: 17.2 hours.• DIAMETER: 31,770 miles (51,100 kilometres).• DENSITY: 1.3 x that of water.• MASS: 14.5 x that of Earth.• SURFACE TEMPERATURE: -297°F (-183°C) at cloud tops.

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Satellites:Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda and Puck

Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon

Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and Trinculo

Uranus in pictures

Uranus in pictures

Uranus in pictures

Uranus• Parts

-Atmosphere- Mantle- Core

Neptune• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion

kilometres).• REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 164 years.• ROTATION: 17.2 hours.• DIAMETER: 31,770 miles (51,100 kilometres).• DENSITY: 1.6 x that of water.• MASS: 17 x that of Earth.• SURFACE TEMPERATURE: -392°F (-200°C) at cloud tops.

Satellites:

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Naiad, Thalassa, Despina and Galatea

Larissa Proteus Triton Nereid

Neptune in pictures

Neptune in pictures

Neptune• Parts

Pluto• DISTANCE FROM SUN: 3.7 billion miles (5.9

billion kilometres).• REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 248 years.• ROTATION: 6.4 days.• DIAMETER: 1,454 miles (2,340 kilometres).• DENSITY: 2x that of water.• MASS: .002 x that of Earth.• SURFACE TEMPERATURE: -387°F (-233°C) to -

351°F (-213°C). • Satellites:

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Charon Nix and Hydra

Pluto in pictures

Pluto in pictures

Pluto• Parts

References: • http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/conghand/append4.htm

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/

• http://www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/PGallagh/explanation.html

• http://www.nineplanets.org/

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