 SPACE EXPLORATION

• WHAT IS SPACE EXPLORATION?

• WHY IS SPACE EXPLORATION IS IMPORTANT?
  SUN
• WHAT IS THE SUN?
• WHY DO PLANETS ORBIT AROUND THE SUN?
• WHAT TYPE OF STAR IS THE SUN?
1.) MERCURY
•IT HAS NO MOONS
• HAS NO ATMOSPHERE
•TEMPERATURE IS 450 DEGREES CELSIUS
2.) VENUS
• VENUS IS THE HOTTEST PLANET
• VENUS IS KNOWN AS THE EARTH’S TWIN
• SPINS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT MOST PLANETS
SPIN AROUND THE SUN
3.)EARTH
• A YEAR ON EARTH ISN’T 365 DAYS
• NICKNAME IS BLUE PLANET
• EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET NOT NAMED AFTER
A GOD
4.)MARS
• MARS IS KNOWN AS A RED PLANET
• MARS HAS 2 MOONS
• SCIENTIST BELIEVES THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
LIFE ON MARS
 5.) JUPITER
• YOU CAN SEE JUPITER WITH YOUR OWN EYES
• LARGEST PLANET OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
• JUPITER IS CALLED A FAILED STAR
 6.)SATURN
• YOU CANNOT STAND ON SATURN
• SATURN GOES AROUND THE SUN VERY SLOWLY
• SATURN ISN’T THE ONLY PLANET THAT HAS RINGS
7.) URANUS
• IS THE COLDEST PLANET
• URANUS AS 27 MOONS
• URANUS HAS ONLY BEEN VISITED ONCE
• URANUS HAS RINGS TOO
 8.) NEPTUNE
• NEPTUNE’S SURFACE GRAVITY IS ALMOST EARTH-LIKE
• NEPTUNE HAS RINGS
• NEPTUNE HAS AN UNKNOWN INTERNAL SOURCE OF
HEAT