chapter 4. solar system and this is an overview about the solar system.

this is an overview about the solar system.

1. SOLAR SYSTEM

2. SOLAR SYSTEM The solar system is made up of the sun and everything that orbits around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, comets and meteoroids. It extends from the sun, called Sol by the ancient Romans, and goes past the four inner planets, through the Asteroid Belt to the four gas giants and on to the disk-shaped Kuiper Belt and far beyond to the teardrop-shaped heliopause. Scientists estimate that the edge of the solar system is about 9 billion miles (15 billion kilometers) from the sun.

3. THE SUN

4. THE SUN The sun is by far the largest object in our solar system. Containing 99.8 percent of the solar system's mass. It sheds most of the heat and light that makes life possible on Earth and possibly elsewhere. Planets orbit the sun in oval-shaped paths called ellipses, with the sun slightly off-center of each ellipse.

5. MERCURY

6. MERCURY

7. VENUS

8. VENUS

9. EARTH

10. EARTH

11. MARS

12. MARS

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14. JUPITER

15. JUPITER Ganymede

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17. SATURN

18. SATURN Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is the least dense planet in the Solar System. Saturn has 62 moons. Saturn rotates faster than Earth so a day on Saturn is shorter than a day on Earth. A day on Saturn is about 10.7 hours 

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20. URANUS

21. URANUS

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23. NEPTUNE

24. NEPTUNE

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