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Solar System
Can You Name the Planets?
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Major Solar System Bodies
Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Asteroid Belt Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Terrestrial
Jovian
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Mnemonics
M V E M J S U N P
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies
My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets
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Solar System Roughly to Scale
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Sun
A star Also called
“Sol” 99.86% of
Solar System mass
All other objects rotate around the Sun
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Terrestrial Planets
Terrestrial means “Terra-like” Terra is another name for Earth Four Terrestrial Planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
None have rings, some have moons
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Mercury
Closest to the Sun Covered in craters Second smallest Only planet with scarps Only partially explored No atmosphere 800 °F peak
temperature
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Venus
Earth’s “sister planet” Extremely hot 96% carbon dioxide
atmosphere 90 atmospheres of
pressure Sulfuric acid rain
(battery acid)
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Earth
Only planet with known life
Only planet with a hydrosphere
Visible moon Also called “Terra” Densest planet
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Moon
Not a planet Easily visible Formed by giant
impact Covered in craters
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Moon Craters
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Moon Landing
Buzz Aldrin
(posing)
Neil Armstrong
(reflection)
July 20, 1969
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Aldrin(Posing)
Armstrong(reflection)
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Earth Rise
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Mars
The “Red Planet” Carbon Dioxide
polar caps Two moons
(captured asteroids)
NASA currently exploring
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Mars
Viking Lander
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Mars
Viking Lander
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Mars’s moons
Phobos Deimos
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Asteroid Belt
Stretch of Asteroids between Mars and Jupiter
Very sparsely populated
First Asteroid ever discovered was Ceres.
Eros
Ida
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Jovian Planets
Jovian means “Jove-like” Jove is another name for Jupiter Also called “Gas Giants” Four Jovian Planets
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
All have moons and rings
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Jupiter
Great Red Spot Largest planet 318 times as
massive as Earth At least 63 moons 4 Galilean moons Also called Jove
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Great Red Spot
Permanent Hurricane
At least 300 years old
Larger than the Earth
Winds move several hundred mph
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Galilean moons
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Saturn
Easily visible rings
Rings created from former moons
Gas Giant Second largest 34 moons
Titan
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Titan
Only moon with full atmosphere
Similar to early Earth
Ice volcanoes spew ammonia (like window cleaner)
Cassini-Huygens probe
Methane or Ethane seas
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Titan Probe Image Panorama
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Uranus
Relatively featureless
Tilted over 90 degrees
Blue-green Methane
atmosphere 27 moons
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Neptune
Extremely Blue Same size
(roughly) as Uranus
Great dark spot Atmospheric hole
Strong storms 13 moons
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Pluto
Smallest planet Neither Jovian nor
Terrestrial May not be a planet One moon, Charon
No rings Not explored Highly elliptical orbit
20 of every 248 years, Neptune is further
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Pluto and Charon
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Review
How many planets are there? There are 9 planets.
Can you name the planets in order from the Sun? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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Review
What is the smallest planet? Pluto
What is the largest planet? Jupiter
Which planet is closest to the Sun? Mercury
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Which planet is furthest from the Sun? Pluto
Which planet is called “The Red Planet”? Mars
Which planet has sulfuric acid rain and is called Earth’s “sister”? Venus
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Review
Which planet is known for its rings? Saturn
Can you name some Solar System objects which are not planets? The Sun, The Moon, other moons, Asteroids
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The End
Great Job!
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Credits
Prepared By Derek Park NSF NMGK-8 University of Mississippi July 2005
Images and Information(see next slide for links) Wikipedia NASA University of Cincinnati Dept. of Physics
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Credits (Continued)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloris_Basin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_mare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Red_Spot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_Moon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(Moon) http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov http://www.physics.uc.edu/~hanson/ASTRO/LECTURENOTES/F04/GASGIANTS/Page24.html
