2. THE SOLAR SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE
SUN AND EVERYTHING THAT ORBITS,
OR TRAVELS AROUND THE SUN. THIS
INCLUDES THE EIGHT PLANETS AND
THEIR MOONS, DWARF PLANETS, AND
COUNTLESS ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND
OTHER SMALL, ICY OBJECTS.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
3. HOW MANY PLANETS
ARE THERE IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM?
WHAT ARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT
THE SOLAR SYSTEM ?
1
3
4
2
WHERE DO WE LIVE?
WHICH PLANET IS KNOWN
AS DWARF PLANET?
WHAT IS THE LARGEST PLANET
IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
4. WHERE IS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
IT’S OUR GALAXY THAT CALLED
‘THE MILKY WAY’. AND THAT
BRIGHT LIGHT IS OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM, WHERE WE LIVE.
ALL THE STARS WE SEE IN THE NIGHT
SKY ARE IN OUR OWN GALAXY.
OUR GALAXY IS CALLED
'THE MILKY WAY' BECAUSE IT APPEARS
AS A MILKY BAND OF LIGHT IN THE SKY.
5. MEMBERS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS MADE UP
OF A STAR, EIGHT PLANETS AND
COUNTLESS SMALLER BODIES SUCH
AS DWARF PLANETS, ASTEROIDS
AND COMETS.
THE ORDER OF THE PLANETS IN THE SOLAR
SYSTEM, STARTING NEAREST THE SUN AND
WORKING OUTWARD IS THE FOLLOWING:
MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER,
SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE
6. THE PLANET’S
IDENTITY
88 DAYS/ YEAR
THE HOTTEST PLANET IN
SOLAR SYSTEM
SUITABLE CLIMATIC CONDITION,
SUPPORT LIFE IN ALL FORMS.
MOON IS THE NATURAL SATELLITE
RED PLANET.
HAVE LARGEST DUST
STORMS
7. THE PLANET’S
IDENTITY
THE LARGEST PLANET WITH THE SHORTEST DAY,
1 DAY IN JUPITER = 9 HOURS 55 MINUTES.
FAMOUS FEATURE OF SATURN IS
'RING SYSTEM' WHICH IS COMPOSED
MOSTLY OF ICE PARTICLES.
VERY COLD PLANET
(-224 DEGREE CELSIUS)
THE ‘ICE GIANT’
8. YOU MIGHT BE IN FOR A BIT OF A
SHOCK WHEN YOU STEP OFF THE SPACESHIP.
THAT’S BECAUSE JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS
AND NEPTUNE DON’T HAVE SOLID SURFACES -
THEY HAVE A ROCKY CORE BUT ARE MAINLY
BIG BALLS OF HYDROGEN AND HELIUM.
YOU CAN'T STAND ON URANUS