Sun and types of

planets
 About . .....

 The solar system is located in the Orion Arm, 26,000 light-years from the centre of the
Milky Way galaxy.

 Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity :

 The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, dwarf
planets such as Pluto, dozens of moons and millions of asteroids, comets and meteoroids.
Sun

 The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

 It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, with internal
convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a
dynamo process.
 It is by far the most important source of energy for life on
Earth. 
 Age: ≈ 4.6 billion years
 Average density: 1.408 g/cm
 Types …

• Rocky, terrestrial worlds (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars)

• Gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn)
• Ice giants (Uranus and Neptune)
Terrestrial planets

 Terrestrial planets are Earth-like planets made up of rocks or

metals with a hard surface.
 Terrestrial planets also have a molten heavy-metal core
 They have few moons, valleys, volcanoes and craters .
 They don’t have rings .
Gas giants

 A large planet of relatively low density consisting

predominantly of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, or Neptune.
 Gas giants are sometimes known as failed stars because they
contain the same basic elements as a star.
  Jupiter and Saturn are the gas giants of the Solar System.
Ice giants

 An ice giant is a giant planet composed mainly of elements

heavier than hydrogen and helium, such as oxygen, carbon,
nitrogen, and sulfur.
 There are two ice giants in the Solar System:
 Uranus
 Neptune
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