Soaring into the Solar System

Amy Vaughn

Mercury

• Has NO moons

• Is the closest planet to the sun

• Has a lack of oxygen and intense heat, therefore no animal or human life would be able to survive there.

Is also the smallest planet

in our solar system.

Venus

The second closest planet to the sun

Located between Earth and Mercury

Is covered with thick clouds that

create a greenhouse effect and this makes it

very hot.

Has

NOmoons

E a r t h

Third planet from the sun

5th largest in the solar system

The Earth is wider at the equator than from pole to pole

One Moon

The daily rotation of the Earthcauses the day and night.

Other Possible Names Moons (Satellites) Atmosphere

The Red Planet Only 2 MoonsCarbon Dioxide

95.3 %

Red World PhobosNitrogen

2.7 %

*Planet was named after the god of war of the

ancient Romans*Deimos

Argon1.6 %

(And only 0.13 % Oxygen)

M a r s

Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Mars Earth0

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Moon Chart

63 60 27 13 3 2 1

Solar System Order

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

Here We Are Did You Know???

We were this small compared to the other planets???

http://www.extremescience.com/earth.htm

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Thanks to…

• http://www.aerospaceguide.net/index.html

• http://blog.alexrybicki.com/2006/06/size-of-earth-compared-to-other.html

• http://www.extremescience.com/solarsystem.htm