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Our Solar System
This lesson will introduce you to the sun and planets
in the solar system.4th grade
Sun 864,970 miles across
Made of Hydrogen and Helium
Surface Temperature: 6,400 Degrees Fahrenheit
Mercury 3,031 miles across
35,340,00 miles from the sun
Orbit: 87.97 days
Rotation: 58.64 days
Moons: None
Rings: None
Venus 7,520 miles across
67,239,000 miles from the sun
Orbit: 224.7 days
Rotation: 243 days
Moons: None
Rings: None
Earth 7,916 miles across
93,000,000 miles from the sun
Orbit: 1 year
Rotation: 24 hours
Moons: 1
Rings: None
Mars 4,212 miles across
141,637,725 miles from the sun
Orbit: 1.88 years
Rotation: 24.62 hours
Moons: 2
Rings: None
Jupiter 86,880 miles across
483,638,564 miles from the sun
Orbit: 11.86 years
Rotation: 9.92 hours
Moons: 50
Rings: 3
Saturn 72,366 miles across
886,489,415 miles from the sun
Orbit: 29.44 years
Rotation: 10.66 hours
Moons: 53
Rings: Thousands
Uranus 31,518 miles across
1,868,039,489 miles from the sun
Orbit: 84.01 years
Rotation: 17.24 hours
Moons: 27
Rings: 13
Neptune 30,598 miles across
2,819,185,846 miles from the sun
Orbit: 164.8 years
Rotation: 16.11 hours
Moons: 13
Rings: 9
SummarySummaryOur solar system is made up of eight
planets that rotate around the Sun. The closest to the sun is Mercury followed by
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Photo Sources1. http://www.universetoday.com/15451/the-solar-system/2. http://www.sunorbit.net/real_sun.htm3. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury4. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Venus5. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Earth6. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars7. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter8. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn9. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus10. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune
Information source:
• Vogt, Gregory. Solar system. New York: Scholastic Inc., 20122000. Print.
