Prepared by: Elizabeth KraemerNon-linear slide show (MS PowerPoint)

April 5, 2001Updated September 15, 2012

The Planets

Table of Contents

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter

Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

Table of Contents

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter

Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

Mercury

Closest to the Sun–58,000,000 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun every 88 Earth days–¼ of the Earth’s orbit

Venus

2nd Planet from the Sun–108,000,000 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun every 225 Earth Days–2/3 of Earth’s Orbital Period

Earth

3rd Planet from the Sun–149,600,000 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun every 365 Earth Days–365 days = 1 year

Quiz Which planet is closest to Earth? a) Mercury b) Venus c) Pluto d) Jupiter

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Mars

4th Planet from the Sun–227,940,000 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun in every 687 Earth Days–almost 2 Earth years to Orbit the Sun

Quiz How long does it take Mars to orbit the Sun? a) 1 year b) 2 years c) 3 years d) Mars doesn’t orbit the sun

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Jupiter

5th Planet from the Sun–778,330 103 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun every 4333 Earth Days–9 times the Earth’s Orbital Period– It takes 9 years to orbit the Sun

Saturn

6th Planet from the Sun–1,429 103 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun every 10,759 Earth Days–29 times the Earth’s Orbital Period– It takes 29 years to orbit the Sun

Uranus

7th Planet from the Sun–2,870 103 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun every 30,685 Earth Days–84 times the Earth’s Orbital Period– It takes 84 years to orbit the Sun

Neptune

8th Planet from the Sun–4,504 103 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun every 60,100 Earth Days–164 times the Earth’s Orbital Period– It takes 164 years to orbit the Sun

Quiz What planet is the farthest from the Sun? a) Saturn b) Neptune c) Jupiter d) Earth

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Quiz

The closer a planet is from the sun, the less time it takes to orbit the sun.

True or False

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Pluto

9th Planet from the Sun– 5,913 103 km from the Sun

Orbits the Sun in 90,800 Earth Days– 284 times the Earth’s Orbital Period– It takes 284 years to orbit the Sun

Demoted to

Dwarf Status

August, 2006

Quiz

There are (9) nine planets in our Solar System.

True or False

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Are you sure?

……You are a child of the universe,no less than the trees and the stars;you have a right to be here.And whether or not it is clear to you,no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Excerpt from “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann

Resourcesupdated 17 September 2012

NASA. Solar System Exploration, “What We Explore: Science Questions.” accessed 17 September 2012, <https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/whatweexplore-sq.cfm>

All Poetry. “Desiderata - Words for Life by Max Ehrmann,” accessed 17 September 2012, http://allpoetry.com/poem/8574007-Desiderata_-_Words_for_Life-by-Max_Ehrmann

Yahoo Images, accessed 17 September 2012, <http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images>