Solar System Lesson (Outline)

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Made up of 1 star (Sun), a handful of planets, and many other bodies.

- revolve around the Sun due to its gravity (a force that pulls objects to it)

Sun --> crucial for survival (provides light and heat to planets and moons)

8 planets (in solar system): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Pluto: a dwarf planet (was once the 9th planet)

Venus: Hottest planet

Earth: 5th biggest planet (365 days to revolve around the Sun)

- Mainly covered by water

- Has only 1 moon

Moon: revolves around the Earth and Sun (28 days)

- Moon light we see is light from the Sun

Asteroids: Rocky bodies left over from the formation of planets (does not have even gravity to pull them into a ball)

Comets: balls of rock and ice, grow tails as they approach the sun (gets more visible as they approach).

Many solar systems form a galaxy (we live in the Milky way galaxy).