The solar system

1. The solar system By Chris Waring

2. From humble beginning. The 9 planets • Welcome aboard, if you’re seeing this power point then let me say congratulations! • We are going to talk about the nine planets in our solar system. • There is no gravity up in space like there is on earth.

3. Knowing the inner planets • Mercury- It is closer to the sun, and many people view mercury with a device known as the “telescope”. • Venus- It is known as an “inferior planet.” It was also named after the Roman godess of love and beauty. • Earth- Home where humans live. And it is the only planet whose name is not derived from Greek or Roman mythology. • Mars- This is the planet which is known as “the god of war”. And that it’s red too because it contains iron.

4. Knowing the outer planets • Jupiter- Well let’s say that Jupiter has more moons than any other planet. It has over 50! Jupiter is twice as massive. • Saturn- In the roman mythology, Saturn is known as “the god of agriculture”. • Uranus- In the ancient Greek deity of heavens, the earliest supreme god. • Neptune- In the Roman mythology, it is known as “the sea of god”.

5. Focusing on Earth’s surface • Earth’s surface has 2/3 rds of water. • Earth’s surface has 1/3 rds of land. • Earth’s five oceans are Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and the Arctic. • The largest ocean is the Pacific ocean. • And the smallest ocean is the Arctic ocean. • 70% percent of earth’s fresh water supply is in those two polar ice caps.

6. Focusing on Mars surface • Mars is called the “red planet” because of course it is red. • The real reason why mars is called the red planet is because its named after the god of war. • Desert regions are the most common feature on mars. • The highest mountains on mars are: Olympus, Ascraeus, and Arsia. • Mars’s polar ice caps are made of water ice.

7. Curiosity • It is a car sized robotic rover exploring gale crater on Mars as part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission[MSL]. • Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST aboard the MSL spacecraft and successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 5:17 UTC. Curiosity discovered carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulphur

8. More facts about Curiosity • The Bradbury Landing site was less than 2.4 km[1.5 mi] from the center of the rover’s touchdown target after a 563,000,000 km [350,000,000 mi] journey. • The rover’s goals include: investigation of the Martian climate and geology; assessment of whether the selected field site inside site inside Gale Crater has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.

9. How planets are alike • All the planets in outer space orbit the Sun in elliptical orbits Venus is retrogade or rotates backwards. • Almost all planets[perhaps all if one excludes Pluto] orbit on the same area. • They sometimes rotate in the same direction. • Mostly some have moons. • They all contain mostly in the same elements, except that the closer the planet is to the sun the least matter they tend to have.

10. How planets are different • Planets have different properties because they are different distances and the outer planets are far away from the sun. They are also made of different stuff from Earth. • Planets have different colors because they are made up of different things. • And also the atmosphere reflects and absorb light. • For example, Mercury has a dark gray; rocky surface which is covered with a thick layer of dust.

11. Conclusion • Now that we’ve talked about everything in the solar system and mars and earth’s surface. I think it’s time for a little celebration. I think maybe if you always wanted to go to space, than I think it’s best to learn more about all of the planets. Hope this slide show helped you on your way!