1. Our Solar System Rebekah Trombley March 2, 2010 Image: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5952

3. Planets

4. Moons

5. Asteroids

6. Dwarf Planets

9. Made completely of gas

10. The part we see from Earth has a temperature of 5,500° C

11. So big that 1 million earths could fit inside ithttp://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2885627475

13. Smallest planet

14. Takes 59 earth days to turn once

15. Takes 88 earth days to orbit the sun

16. Has no atmosphereImage and Info: http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/mercury_worldbook.html

18. It takes 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun

19. It takes 243 Earth days to spin once

20. Spins backwards

21. Known as earth’s twinImage and Info: http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/venus_worldbook.html

23. 70% of Earth’s surface is water

24. Only planet known to support life

25. Takes 365 days to orbit the sun

26. Takes 24 hours to spin once

27. Has one moonImage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2222523486/

29. Named after the Roman god of war

30. Takes 687 earth days to orbit the sun

31. Takes 24 hours 39 minutes and 35 seconds to spin once

32. Has two moons named, Phobos and DeimosImage: http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/mars_worldbook.html http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/mars_worldbook.html

34. Is the largest planet in our solar system

35. Has 16 known moons

36. Takes 12 earth years to complete on orbit

37. Takes 9 hours 56 minutes to spin around once

38. Is a giant ball of gas and liquidImage and Info: http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/jupiter_worldbook.html

40. Is circled by 7 rings

41. Takes 10 hours 39 minutes to spin once

42. Takes 29.4 Earth years to revolve around the sun

43. Has 25 known moonsImage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalty-free-images/146115949/in/photostream/ http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/saturn_worldbook.html

45. Spins on it’s side

46. Takes 84 Earth years to orbit the sun

47. Takes 17 hours and 14 minutes to spin once

48. Has 21 known moonsImage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tylerlove/2232349559/ http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/uranus_worldbook.html

50. Cannot be seen without a telescope

51. Takes 165 Earth years to orbit the sun

52. Takes 16 hours and 7 minutes to spin once

53. Has 11 known moonsImage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalty-free-images/146115817/in/photostream/ http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/neptune_worldbook.html

55. Pluto is a dwarf planet

56. It’s called a dwarf planet because it lacks the mass to sweep objects out of the path of it’s orbit

57. Pluto has one moon named CharonImage and Info: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/pluto-20100204.html

59. It’s about 4.6 billion years old

60. Planets orbit our sun in an elliptical path AND… Images: http://www.milkywaybar.com/products.shtml http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/currents/media/supp_cur02c.html http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/solarsystem_worldbook_update.html

61. IT’S AWESOME!!