Nine Planets | | A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: one star‚ eight planets‚ and more | | This website is an overview of the history‚ mythology‚ and current scientific knowledge of the planets‚ moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has our text and NASA’s images‚ some have sounds and movies‚ most provide references to additional related information. In association with our friends at Solar System Scope we now have an interactive tour of the solar system (takes a while
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name. The ancient Romans most powerful god‚ was named Jupiter. They believed he ruled the heavens. In one way‚ the planet Jupiter also rules the Solar System. It is bigger than all the other planets combined! Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. So‚ if you travel to Jupiter‚ you would travel away from the sun. As you get closer to this beautiful planet‚ you will see the planet covered in orange‚ brown‚ and white stripes. These stripes are actually made from icy clouds. The clouds are different
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Earth: The Goldilocks Planet Earth has often been called the “Goldilocks Planet” of our solar system and even our universe. The term derives from the children’s story of “Goldilocks and the three bears” where the girl wanted everything just right‚ for example “not too hot or cold‚ not too hard or soft….” Our Earth has the perfect conditions for life‚ the perfect distance from the sun that is not too hot or cold‚ allowing a large amount of water to be present in liquid form. These conditions are
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Physical Science Planet Project 5/3/11 [pic] After the discovery of Uranus‚ scientist noticed the orbit was not as it should be in accordance to Newton’s law. Neptune was discovered by Johann Galle on September 23‚ 1846. Neptune has been visited by the Voyager 2; it flew by the planet on August 25‚ 1989. It was the first planet to be found by a mathematical prediction. Alexis Bouvard thought the change in Uranus’s orbit changed by gravitational perturbation by an unknown planet. The
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THE EARTH At the beginning our planet is no more than a case of fire and cloud with glutenated dust particles similar to so many similar cloisters in the universe. This was the miracle where our life exists in this universe. Today life our life is just a link or chain of so many numerable living beings that was succeeded one another honours over nearly 4 billion years and even today new volcanoes continue to sculpt our landscapes it appears like molten rocks from the depths‚ solidifying‚ cracking
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second smallest planet in the solar system. It is 4‚879 kilometers across. Compare that with our moon‚ which is 3456 km across‚ and you can see that mercury is not very big. In fact‚ Jupiter’s moons Ganymede and Callisto and Saturn’s moon Titan are bigger! Even though those moons are bigger‚ Mercury weighs a lot more than they do because it is made of mostly metal and rock. In fact‚ Mercury has the most metals for its size of any planet in the solar system. Mercury is also the closest planet to the sun
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Save the planet Nobody likes to live in 23 hundred miles round trip earth has been around for 4.5 billion yaers‚ the planet has been around for a long time and it has the ability to regenarate economize resources manage waste we’re part of something greater Because we’re not saving the planet we are saving ourselves A couple of months ago‚ I got into my car‚ put on my seatbelt‚ put on my sunglasses and drove south. 23 hundred miles round trip. I went to cabo and I got to see some
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is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it’s doable. A quotation of Mrs. Imelda Marcos campaigning Filipino’s to save mother Earth. Some people Saying that Saving mother earth was so very hard. Is anyone concerned with what our world will be like in years to come? With the effects of global warming is causing to the environment‚ it’s hard to say that our planet Earth will be the way it is today. Today I have talked to you about the need to save our mother earth. I want to talk to you about
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that they are among the most notable storehouses of biological diversity on the planet. Forests have a variety of uses to humans‚ including wood from trees‚ nutrition from animals‚ grazing‚ recreation‚ medicinal plants and so on. While that may be so‚ it is important to understand how the disappearing green cover and the resultant threat to habitats and to human life fits into the bigger picture of life on the planet. The forest is a complex ecosystem - a biological system with distinct‚ myriad
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The Title of Planet Must be Given Back Voting done at the International Astronomical Union convention about pluto’s status of being a planet was a harsh new reality‚ with the majority voting for pluto’s demotion. Professor Alan Stern‚ chief scientist for the New Horizon mission set for learning more about pluto‚ called the outcome "an awful decision" and described the new definition as "internally inconsistent" ("Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?"). The debate of pluto being a planet has started
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