Planets

The Mars One Mission is trying to colonize Mars. If you go you wont be returning to Earth. Would you still go?

Review Space DistanceMeasure in Astronomical Units

1 AU = the distance from the Sun to Earth

1 AU = 150 million kilometers = 93,000,000 miles.

Mercury0.4 AU from the SunMarked with craters from meteorite impacts.88 days to orbit the Sun.

Venus0.7 AU from the sunSurrounded by thick cloudsHottest planet 470*C (880*F)225 days to orbit the sun

Earth1 AU from the sun

Only planet with life in our Solar System

Allows water to exist as solid, liquid, and gas.

365 days revolution

Mars1.5 AU from the SunSeasons & polar ice capsOnce had H2ORed color=iron oxide687 days revolutionNamed after the Roman god of war!

Asteroid Beltlocated roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter and has many irregularly shaped bodies calledasteroidsor minor planets.

Jupiter5.2 from the sunLargest planet in the solar systemGreat Red Spot- HUGE storm12 years to orbit the Sun

Saturn9.5 AU from the SunRings are made of dust, ice, and rock29.5 years revolutionTitan- Saturns largest moon is larger than Mercury!Uranus19.2 AU from the SunRing system, many moons. (27 so far)Spins horizontal 84 years revolution

UranusIt is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology rather than Roman mythology like the other planets, from the Latinized version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos.

Neptune30.6 AU from the sunMethane gas gives the planet a blue-green color165 years revolutionStrongest winds up to 1,300mphPlutoUsually 38.5 AU from the sunSmall, rocky dwarf planet with a frozen crust. 248 years revolutionOur Moon is larger Eris is larger PLUTO

Clyde W. Tombaugh, the discoverer of Plutohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFxiBzDTsD0 Planet Research Project (Summative)Due May 11 (B) or May 12 (A)

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Mapping our Solar System

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