Our Solar System

1. Our Solar System

2. Inner Solar System(Terrestrial Planets) • Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars

3. Evening and Morning Star Mercury and Venus http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0003/mercurysky_casado_big.jpg

4. Mercury Mercury Year = 88 Earth Days Mercury Day = 59 Earth Days http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9612/mercury2_mariner10_big.gif

5. Surface of Mercury • Mercury has no atmosphere • Water on Mercury? Possibly. • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0002/merc4_m10_big.gif

6. Solar Energy Temperature = 662 to -274 degrees Fahrenheit http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9911/mercury_1600_trace.gif

7. Distance From Sun = 0.387 AU • Distance From Sun = 0.387 AU • Earth Mass = .055 • Diameter = .383 • Tilt = .5 • Earth Mass = .055 • Diameter = .383 • Tilt = .5

8. Venus Venus Year = 225 Earth Days Venus Day = 243 Earth Days http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/venus_galileo.gif

9. Surface of Venus • Atmosphere • Mostly Carbon Dioxide • 3% Nitrogen • Sulfuric Acid Droplets • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0105/venus_greenbank_big.jpg

10. Solar Energy Temperature = 860 degrees Farhenheit Water on Venus? NO (evaporated) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/maat_mons.gif

12. Distance From Sun = 0.723 AU • Earth Mass = .815 • Diameter = .949 • Tilt = 177.3

13. Earth Earth Year = 365 days Earth Day = 24 hours http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010204.html

14. Surface of Earth • Atmosphere • 78% Nitrogen • 21% Oxygen • 1% Other Gases • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980204.html

15. Solar Energy Temperature = 140 to -130 degrees Fahrenheit Water on Earth? Yes (liquid , solid, & gas) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000131.html

16. Distance From Sun = 1 AU • Earth Mass = 1 • Diameter = 1 • Tilt = 23.45

17. Mars Mars Year = 1.88 Earth Years Mars Day = 24.5 Earth Hours http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011017.html

18. Surface of Mars • Atmosphere • 95% Carbon Dioxide • 5% Nitrogen • Composition = Heavy Elements http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010721.html

19. Solar Energy Temperature = 70 to -220 degrees Fahrenheit Water on Mars? Yes (frozen) http://physics1.byu.edu/christensen/Physics%20127/Images/Mars.html

20. Distance From Sun = 1.524 AU • Earth Mass = .107 • Diameter = .553 • Tilt = 25.19

21. Asteroid Belt • Divides the Inner and Outer Planets http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010211.html

22. Outer Solar System(Jovian Planets) • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune

23. Solar Wind • Energetic particles that escape from the sun. • When the solar system formed, the solar wind pushed the lighter elements (hydrogen and Helium) further from the sun. • Earth is protected by its magnetic field

25. Jupiter Jupiter Year = 12 Earth Years Jupiter Day = 9 hours and 55 minutes

26. Surface of Jupiter • Atmosphere • 75% Hydrogen • 24 % Helium • 1% Other Gases • Temperature = -162 degrees Fahrenheit at cloud tops • 305 degrees Fahrenheit 120 mi. below clouds

27. Composition • Liquid Metallic Hydrogen & Helium • Liquid Methane, Ammonia, & Water • Heavy Element Core • Water on Jupiter? = Yes (Liquid & Gas)

29. Distance From Sun = 5.203 AU • Earth Mass = 317.83 • Diameter = 11.209 • Tilt = 3.12

30. Saturn Saturn Year = 29.37 Earth Years Saturn Day = 10.5 Earth Hours http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980118.html

31. Surface of Saturn • Atmosphere • 96% Hydrogen • 3 % Helium • 1% Other Gases • Temperature = -292 degrees Fahrenheit at cloud tops http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970531.html

32. Composition • Liquid Metallic Hydrogen & Helium • Liquid Methane, Ammonia, & Water • Heavy Element Core • Water on Saturn? = Yes (Liquid & Gas) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950730.html

33. Distance From Sun = 9.554 AU • Earth Mass = 95.16 • Diameter = 9.449 • Tilt = 26.73

34. Uranus Uranus Year = 83.75 Earth Years Uranus Day = 17.24 Earth Hours http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010826.html

35. Surface of Uranus • Atmosphere • 84% Hydrogen • 14% Helium • 2% Methane • Temperature = -360 degrees Fahrenheit at cloud tops http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990531.html

36. Composition • Liquid Molecular Hydrogen & Helium • Highly Compressed Water • Heavy Element Core • Water on Uranus? = Yes (Liquid) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971126.html

37. Distance From Sun = 19.22 AU • Earth Mass = 14.5 • Diameter = 4.007 • Tilt = 97.86

38. Neptune Neptune Year = 163.73 Earth Years Neptune Day = 16.11 Earth Hours http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/neptune_vg2.gif

39. Surface of Neptune • Atmosphere • 84% Hydrogen • 14% Helium • 2% Methane • Temperature = -360 degrees Fahrenheit at cloud tops http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991005.html

40. Composition • Liquid Molecular Hydrogen & Helium • Highly Compressed Water • Heavy Element Core • Water on Neptune? = Yes (Liquid)

41. Distance From Sun = 30.11 AU • Earth Mass = 17.204 • Diameter = 3.883 • Tilt = 29.56

42. Historical Planets • Pluto

43. Pluto Pluto Year = 248 Earth Years Pluto Day = 6.39 Earth Days http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990213.html

44. Surface of Pluto • Atmosphere = Very Thin • Nitrogen • Carbon Monoxide • Temperature = -387 degrees Fahrenheit

45. Composition • Frozen Ices of Methane, Nitrogen, Carbon Monoxide, Water, & Heavy Element Rocks • Water on Pluto? • Yes (Solid)

46. Two New Moons of Pluto?

47. Distance From Sun = 39.54 AU • Earth Mass = .002 • Diameter = .18 • Tilt = 118

49. Xena & Gabrielle 1.5 times as big as Pluto 10th Planet???