Space Project - Harrison All class

Mrs.Harrison’s Class Space Report : 

Mrs.Harrison’s Class Space Report

The Asteroid Belt : 

The Asteroid Belt The asteroid Belt orbits around the Sun. Some scientists think they are between Mars and Jupiter. 47.69 Castalia is one of the biggest Asteroids Almost 99%are bigger than100km.

Saturn : 

Saturn In Roman mythology Saturn was one of there many gods It was called god of agriculture here is Saturn's symbol Saturn is the root of the English word Saturday Alyson P. Spradley

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Saturn is huge. It is the second largest planet in our Solar System. Only Jupiter is bigger. If you could line them up, more than nine Earths would fit across Saturn. Saturn is huge. It is the second largest planet in our Solar System. Only Jupiter is bigger. If you could line them up, more than nine Earths would fit across Saturn Its beautiful rings are not solid either. They are made up of particles of ice, dust and rock. Some of these particles are as tiny as grains of sand, some are much larger than skyscrapers. Actually, some are up to a kilometer (more than half-a-mile) across. The rings are huge yet tiny: the main rings could cover almost the entire distance between Earth and the moon yet they are less than a kilometer (about half-a-mile) thick. We now know that other planets have rings, but Saturn's are the only ones that are visible from Earth even with a small telescope.

Fun : 

Fun Because Saturn is tilted, when its rings are facing Earth edge on they "disappear" from our view. We now know this happens every 14 years or so, but poor Galileo questioned his sanity when they "disappeared" and then "reappeared" on him a few years later. It's pretty windy on Saturn. Winds around the planet's equator can reach 1,800 kilometers (1,118 miles) per hour. In comparison, the fastest winds on Earth "only" reach about 400 kilometers ( about 250 miles) per hour. Saturn goes around the Sun very slowly, but spins on its axis extremely fast. A Saturn year lasts for more than 29 Earth years, but a Saturn day only lasts 10 hours and 14 minutes. Because of this rapid spin and its low-density interior, Saturn is noticeably flattened, top and bottom. Saturn is 10 percent fatter in the middle than at the poles Saturn goes around the Sun very slowly, but spins on its axis extremely fast. A Saturn year lasts for more than 29 Earth years, but a Saturn day only lasts 10 hours and 14 minutes.

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Venus’ day is more than half our year. Venus is named after the greek goddess Aprodite. Venus is a small rocky planet blanketed in a thick layer of yellow clouds. The surface of Venus is about 400 degrees Celsius! Venus is the second planet from the sun.

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A meteoroid is a small piece of rock or iron. When one of the pieces enters earth’s atmosphere, it heat up and looks like a streak of light in the sky. It’s sometimes called a shooting star. Very small rocks orbiting the sun are sometimes called meteoroids so scientists can tell them apart from the lager asteroids. meteors

URANAS : 

URANAS Made of rock an ices

Neptune!  : 

Neptune!  gas giant made of hydrogen and helium very faint, thin, rings God of the Sea because of it’s deep, blue color 4th largest planet 8th planet from the sun Great Dark Spot, half the size of the Great Red Spot 1 day is 16 hours and 7 minutes 1 year is 60,190 days atmosphere changes rapidly atmosphere made of methane Kaitlin Grace Michaels! 

Mercury : 

Mercury Lots of craters Closest planet to the sun Small and rocky Mercury is similar to the moon Mercury is very old It is made up of rock and craters By: Lauren Muhart

Dwarf Planets : 

There are many dwarf planets such as Pluto, Eris Ceres and many more. Instead of throwing all of them in as planets they decided to group them all together as dwarf planets. Beyond Pluto there’s a band of icy rocks named the Kuiper Belt. Even farther away there’s a band of dwarf planets named the Oort belt. Dwarf planets are made of rock and inside expelled poison gas called planetary Hebula. Dwarf Planets are really cool because there like a star but there also like a comet but there like a a planet but there not there a Dwarf Planet. Dwarf Planets

Saturn : 

Saturn Saturn is the root of the English word Saturday. Saturn has 18 known moons. Saturn’s rings are made up of water and ice but also include rocky particles with icy coatings. The bands are pale yellow, golden brown, and reddish brown.

Mercury : 

Mercury Is the closet planet to the Sun At night it is freezing cold During the day it is burning hot It is similar to the Moon Mercury is a small, rocky planet Mercury is the second smallest planet By: Madison Orlando

 Dwarf Planets  : 

Ceres is the Roman god of harvest and motherly love. It is the smallest dwarf planet. It was discovered in January 1 1801. Eris is 101,280,000,000 kilometers away from the sun. it is the biggest dwarf planet. Haumea was classified as a dwarf planet on September 2008. It is 1,280 miles across at it’s longest and 619 at it shortest. It has two moons their names are Hi’iaka and Namaka.  Dwarf Planets 

Neptune : 

Neptune 70 pound person would weigh 78.7 pounds 8 moons Can be the 8th or 9th planet from sun depending where Pluto is in its orbit Neptune has only been visited by one spacecraft, Voyager 2 4th largest planet In Roman mythology Neptune was the god of the sea, known as Poseidon in Greek Mythology. The planet was probably named after them because of its dark blue The symbol for Neptune Smaller but heavier than Uranus Blue because of “methane” in the air By: Megan Stowers

MARS : 

MARS Mars is a rocky planet Mars was discovered in 1997 July 4 dry and icy 4th planet from the sun moons on Mars are Demos and Phobos Mars may have life!!!!!!!

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Jupiter Nicholas Millard 5th planet from the sun 318 times bigger than earth Gas giant Outer planet Biggest planet in solar system The big red dot on it is a storm Represents the greek god Zeus Discovered in 1973 by Pioneer 10 a robot 63 moons Winds up to 400 mph. Has rings hardly seeable Bands that make the colors of Jupiter Light bands are called zones Dark bands are called belts

Facts on Mercury : 

Facts on Mercury It is a small, rocky planet It takes 88 days to orbit the sun once Mercury is 57 million kilometers (36 million miles) from the sun Mercury has no atmosphere Temperatures range from 300-800 ̊ F Mercury is made of mostly iron If you weigh 70 lbs. on Earth, you will weigh 26.4 lbs. on Mercury