PPT-EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

The bodies we see in the sky from earth are called heavenly bodies or celestial bodies They include the stars planets comets and the moons Stars Stars are huge balls of very hot gaseous matter They are selfluminous celestial bodies that emit heat and light The sun is the star nearest to the Earth. Ch 9. Big Bang Theory. Solar Nebula. Planetesimals. Terrestrial Planets. Space missions. Which is the correct sequence? (Oldest to youngest). J-K-F-G-H-B. J-K-F-H-B-G-E-D. I-J-K-F-H-B-G. J-K-F-D-I. Big Bang Hypothesis. Ch 27. Questions??. What are some theories about how our solar system began?. The Nebular Hypothesis. solar nebular. a rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed. In 1796, French mathematician . Samantha Eckstein. In this lesson you will learn about each Planet in The Solar System. By the end of the lesson you will know facts about each planets and what the planets look like. Make sure to take notes along with the PowerPoint. . Remote Sensing – Data collected from aerial photography and satellite imagery.. GPS – Global Positioning System – System of satellites & receivers to plot location.. GIS – Geographic Information System - System to manipulate & display spatial data.. Ag. Earth Science . Ms. Weigel. 23.1 The Solar System . The Planets: An Overview. Two Groups of planets. Terrestrial Planets- Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars- relatively small and rocky . Jovian Planets- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune- are huge gas giants. By . Ben . Mercury. The distances of planets from each other and from the Sun are often measured in Astronomical Units, AU.  One AU is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, 93 million miles.  Using this system of measurement, Mercury is 0.39 AU from the Sun.. Ch 9. Big Bang Theory. Solar Nebula. Planetesimals. Terrestrial Planets. Space missions. Which is the correct sequence? (Oldest to youngest). J-K-F-G-H-B. J-K-F-H-B-G-E-D. I-J-K-F-H-B-G. J-K-F-D-I. Big Bang Hypothesis. The Solar System. Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, meteoroids.. Sun at the center.. Eight planets, thousands of asteroids, and millions of comets and meteoroids orbit the sun.. Dozens of moons orbit the planets.. Mercury. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.. This planet moves very fast and only takes 88 days to orbit the sun!. But Mercury takes 59 days just to turn from day to night! . Mercury has no moons.. . The solar system is a group of objects that interact with one . another.. The solar system is the gathering of objects in space .. About 4.6 billion years ago in our solar system was formed. . THE sun. Chapter 17 | Study Questions. The Great Red Spot refers to:. Rocks on mars. The rings on Saturn. A giant storm on Jupiter. The giant red star, Betelgeuse. The Great Red Spot refers to:. Rocks on mars. Class II A & B. Solar System. The sun is the center of our solar system. It is largest body in our solar . system. . The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. . Our solar system is ancient. . Early . astronomers believed that Earth was the center of the universe and all other heavenly bodies orbited around Earth.. Our Solar System. We now know that our sun is the center of our solar . Prepared by: Parshati Patel. Our Solar System. Our Solar System. Our Solar System. What makes up our Solar System?. Star (Sun). Planets (8). everything that orbits the Sun. Dwarf planets. Comets. Asteroids.