PPT-Our Solar System Planets in order from smallest to largest – skip Pluto

Mercury terrestrial planet It has almost no atmosphere so meteors hit its surface It is as pockmarked as our moon Venus terrestrial planet hottest of all the planets Its atmosphere is toxic. The processes by which stars and planets form are active areas of research in modern astrophysics. The formation of our own solar system is central to the first half of our course, and important to the second half as well when we study the formation of stars. The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. The . Pluto. Files. By Neil Degrasse Tyson. February 18, 1930. Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh, an amateur astronomer from Illinois at Arizona’s Lowell Observatory.. He considered naming the planet Percival, after Percival Lowell.. Part 1. Survey of the solar system. 1. What do you know (or think you know)?. Confer with your tablemate (or people in front or back of you) and write down five things you think you know about our solar system. . http://www.cs.wright.edu/~tkprasad. Prasad. 1. U3_SolarSystem. SOLAR SYSTEM. The Sun. Prasad. U3_SolarSystem. 3+ Dwarf Planets . Over 150 . moons . /. satellites of the . planets. Comets, meteors, asteroids,. Chapter 23. 23.1 The Solar System. 99.85%. of the mass of our solar system is in the Sun, planets make up the rest.. Gravity holds planets in orbit.. Overview of the Planets. . Terrestrial planets. By AJ, Aidan, Cheryl, and Emma. The Dwarf Planets. A dwarf planet is a smaller planet that shares an orbit around the sun such as an asteroid comets.. Scientists believe there may be as many as a few 100 other dwarf planets in the . The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. Solar System . in a roll. Ron Thompson. Our Solar System. Our Solar System. Cut a 4 foot piece of 2” wide . register . tape. Write “. SUN. ” at one end and “. PLUTO/KUIPER BELT. ” on the other end. By: Virginia. . Speirs. The Solar System. The solar system is made up of many different things. There are 8 planets in our solar system. . The Inner Planets. The inner planets are the four planets closest to the sun. The inner planets are - Mercury, Venus, Earth, . Protoplanetary. disk: condensation and accretion. Solar wind (beginning of fusion). Collisions continue. Planetary migration (orbits shifting). Late Heavy Bombardment (Hadean Era). Planetary Evolution. . -. . S. 0. S. 1. S. 2. S. 3. +. . -. . 10. 36. 23. 15. +. . -. . 15. +. . -. . 23. 15. © 2014 Goodrich, Tamassia, Goldwasser. Presentation for use with the textbook . Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, 6. Fill in the Comparing Planets Chart with what you already know about the planets.. How does Earth compare to other planets in the solar system?. S6E1c. Compare and contrast planets in terms of: size relative to earth; surface and atmospheric features; relative distance from the sun; ability to support life.  . Before:. Question of The Day. During;. PPT notes on Uranus. After:. 3-2-1. Week 4 Day 1. Week 4 Day 1. Question of The Day. Answer: . a gas giant. 7. th. from the sun. 3 billion Km. from Sun. orbit is an ellipse –stretched circle.