Solar System

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Solar System
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Nine Planets of the Solar System

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto

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Mercury

• Closest planet to the sun
• Second Smallest planet
• Named after a Roman God
• It has virtually no atmosphere

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Mercury Statistics
Mean distance from the Sun (Earth 1) 0.3871
Rotational period (days) 58.6462
Orbital period (days) 87.969
Mean surface temperature 179C
Maximum surface temperature 427C
Minimum surface temperature -173C
Atmospheric composition HeliumSodiumOxygen Other 4242151

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Venus

• Known as the jewel of the sky or the morning star
• Earths sister planet
• Consists mainly of carbon dioxide
• Hotter than Mercury

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The surface of Venus is scarred by Impact craters
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Earth

• Third planet from the sun
• It takes 365 days for it to orbit the sun
• The only planet to harbor life
• Earth has one moon
• Atmosphere is composed of 78 nitrogen, 21
  oxygen 1 other.

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Mars

• Known as the red planet
• Scientist believe that it could harbor life
• It has seasonal color changes
• Average temperature is -63 degrees

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Mars atmosphere

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 95.32
• Nitrogen (N2) 2.7
• Argon (Ar) 1.6
• Oxygen (O2) 0.13
• Water (H2O) 0.03
• Neon (Ne) 0.00025

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Jupiter

• Largest planet in the solar system
• Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot (Complex
  storm)
• Simple ring system
• Jupiter is composed mainly of Hydrogen and Helium

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Jupiters Rings
Name Distance Width Thickness Mass
Halo 92,000 km 30,500 km 20,000 km ?
Main 122,500 km 6,440 km lt 30 km 1 x 1013 kg
Inner Gossamer 128,940 km 52,060 km ? ?
Outer Gossamer 181,000 km 40,000 km ? ?
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Saturn

• Second largest planet
• Its rings make it the most beautiful planet
• It takes 29 Earth years to revolve around the sun
• Complex ring system

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Saturns rings
Name Distance(km) Width(km) Thickness(km) OpticalDepth Mass(g)
D 66,000 - 73,150 7,150 ? 0.01 ?
C 74,500 - 92,000 17,500 ? 0.05 - 0.35 1.1 x 1024
Maxwell Gap 87,500 270      
B 92,000 - 117,500 25,500 0.1 - 1 0.8 - 2.5 2.8 x 1025
Cassini Div 117,500 - 122,200 4,700 ? 0.05-0.15 5.7 x 1023
A 122,200 - 136,800 14,600 0.1 - 1 0.4-0.5 6.2 x 1024
Encke gap 133,570 325      
Keeler gap 136,530 35      
F 140,210 30 - 500 ? 0.01-1 ?
G 164,000 - 172,000 8,000 100 - 1000 10-6 1020
E 180,000 - 480,000 300,000 1,000 10-5 ?
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Uranus

• Third largest in the solar system
• Atmosphere is composed of 83 Hydrogen, 15
  Helium, 2 Methane
• Uranus is unique because it is tipped on one side

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Neptune

• Outermost planet of the gas planets
• Neptune was discovered in 1846
• It is known for its Great Dark Spot
• It has a set of four rings

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Pluto

• Smallest planet
• Pluto is the only planet that has not been
  visited by spacecraft
• It is usually the furthest from the sun
• It was discovered in 1930

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Reference

• aarditi/solarsystem/solar-system
• http//www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm