SOLAR SYSTEM EARTH

 Over 500 million solar system in the
entire milky way galaxy.
-located on ORION SPUR
-only 15% of stars in the galaxy hosted
planets
Revolving around the sun are 8 planets
Divided into 2 categories:
WORLD OF FIRE & WORLD OF WATER
-water help system create only known
environment
MARS
-might have supported life
- about 3.7 billion yrs ago once had a watery /
icy surface

 TERRESTRIAL
 JOVIAN
JOVIAN PLANETS
TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;
 Jupiter
 MERCURY  Saturn
 VENUS  Neptune
 EARTH  Uranus
 MARS
-multiple moons
-they are made of rocky material
-support ring system
-surface are solid
-No solid surface
-don’t have ring
-immense in size
-very few moons
GAS GIANTS:
-relatively small
 Jupiter
 Saturn
MERCURY Predominantly helium and hydrogen
-smallest planet ICE GIANTS
-shortest orbit
 Uranus
VENUS  Neptune
-hottest planet (867 degree F) Contains rocks, ice and mixture o water,
methane and ammonia
due to atmosphere of carbon dioxide and

extensive lava flows

JUPITER – largest planet and largest Jovian
SATURN – 2nd largest
-282,000 km & 175,000 miles

-I km(62miles)
URANUS – famous on rotating on its side
NEPTUNE- outer most planet
-one of the coldest (-353 degree F)

4.5 billion km

2.8 billion miles

ASTEROID BELT -orbiting on the

terrestrial planet

CERES- largest known objects

(about the same size as Texas)

KUIPER BELT -orbits the Jovian planet

-birthplace of the many comets

 PLUTO’S PATH

OORT CLOUD
-collection of icy debris

-edge of the solar system