A Journey Through Time and Space

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A JOURNEY THROUGH

TIME AND SPACE


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THE SUN

The Sun, the star that

dominates the solar

system, support all life

on Earth.


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This image reveals the filamentarynature of the plasma connectingregions of different magnetic polarity.The chromosphere is a thin layer ofsolar atmosphre sandwiched betweenthe visible surface, photosphere andcorona.


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Photo Credit & Copyright: Ralph

Encarnacion

Age : About 4.5 billion years

Surface Area: 2,347 000 000 000 square miles

Composition : Mostly hydrogen and helium

Surface temperature: About 10,000 degrees F


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MERCURY

The closest planet to

the Sun, Mercury has

the shortest orbit; a

mere 88 days

Credit : NASA/Johns Hopkin s University Applied Physics

Laboratory /Carnegie Inst itut ion of Washingto n


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Average Distance from the Sun : 36 million niles

Atmosphere : Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon

Surface temperature: -279/801 degrees F (min/max)

Length of day: 58.646 earth days

Credit : NASA/Johns Hopkin s University Applied Physics

Laboratory /Carnegie Inst itut ion of Washingto n


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VENUS

The second closest planet to the

Sun, Venus is called the morning

star and the evening star.

Average Distance from the Sun : 67,237,910 miles

Atmosphere : Carbon dioxide, nitrogen

Surface temperature: 864 degrees F (average)

Length of day: 117 earth days


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Impact craters on the surface of Venus (imagereconstructed from radar data)
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E RTH

The third planet from the Sun,

Earth is the only planet known to

harbor life.


Atmosphere : Nitrogen,oxygen


Length of day: 24 hours


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M RS

Mars is sometimes called the Red

Planet for its red, iron-oxide rich

soil.


Atmosphere : Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon


Length of day: 1.026 Earth days


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Rock strewn surface imaged by Mars Pathfinder
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Size comparison of Earth and Mars
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Mars_Earth_Comparison.png


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STEROID

Asteroids are rocky fragments

leftover from the birth of the solar

system;most orbit the Sun in a

belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Distance to Sun: The asteroid Phaethon comes closest to the Sun at 13.9 millionmiles

Largest known asteroid : Ceres (estimated diameter 590 miles)

Number of asteroids in solar system ; More the 1 million

Total mass of asteroids: Less than the mass of the Moon, 7.3483 10^22 kg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/951_Gaspra.jpg


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The first asteroid to be imaged in close up
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JUPITER

The is the largest planet in the

solar system.


Atmosphere : Hydrogen, helium

Surface temperature: -162 degrees F (average)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Jupiter-Earth-Spot_comparison.jpg


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Approximate size comparison of Earth andJupiter, including the Great Red Spot
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S TURN

Galileo was the first person to

observe Saturn, the ringed planet.

Average Distance from the Sun :885,904,700 miles

Atmosphere : Hydrogen,helium




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Four of Saturn's moons: Dione, Titan, Prometheus(edge of rings), Telesto (top center)
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UR NUS

It takes Uranus, the seventh

planet from the Sun, 84 Earth

years to make one orbit.

Average Distance from the Sun :1,783,939,400 miles

Atmosphere : Hydrogen, helium, methane


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This color results from the presence of methane inUranus' atmosphere; the gas absorbs red wavelengths oflight, leaving the predominant hue seen here.

Image Credit : NASA/JPL


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NEPTUNE

Neptune, the eight planet from the

Sun, is though to be the windiest

in the solar system

Average Distance from the Sun : 2,795,084,800 miles

Atmosphere : Hydrogen, helium, methane




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A size comparison of Neptune and Earth
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Bands of high-altitude clouds cast shadows on

Neptune's lower cloud deck
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PLUTO

Once considered the solar systems

nith planet. Pluto was

downgraded to dwarf planet in

2006.

Average Distance from the Sun : 3,670,050,000 miles

Atmosphere : A layer of frozen methane, nitrogen andcarbon monoxide temporarily forms a thin atmospherewhen Pluto is close to the Sun.


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Pluto and its three known moons
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Pluto's volume is about 0.66% that of Earth
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Pluto%2C_Earth_size_comparison.jpg

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