Planet Presentation

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Planet Presentation. Group Members:Jack,Alec,Abbi, Lauren. Planet Definition. An object with a great amount of mass exceeding 0.055 (Earth=1) Must orbit a star with a gravitational pull Must have at least one moon orbiting around it. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Planet Presentation

Group Members:Jack,Alec,Abbi,

Lauren

Planet Definition

• An object with a great amount of mass exceeding 0.055 (Earth=1)

• Must orbit a star with a gravitational pull• Must have at least one moon orbiting around it.• Must not be farther than 5000 million km. away from the

sun• The rotational period must not take more than two Earth

days • The orbital period must be less than 400 days

Mass of Planets

0.00000

0.20000

0.40000

0.60000

0.80000

1.00000

1.20000

Mercury Venus Earth Mars

Planets

Mas

s E

arth

=1

Mass Of Inner Planets

0.00000

50.00000

100.00000

150.00000

200.00000

250.00000

300.00000

350.00000

Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

Planets

Mas

s E

arth

=1

Mass of Dwarf Planets

0.00000

0.00050

0.00100

0.00150

0.00200

0.00250

0.00300

Ceres Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris

Dwarf Planets

Mas

s (E

arth

=1)

Diameter (km) of Planets

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2000.0

4000.0

6000.0

8000.0

10000.0

12000.0

14000.0

Mercury Venus Earth Mars

Planets

Dia

met

er (

km)

Diameter (km) of Inner Planets

0.0

20000.0

40000.0

60000.0

80000.0

100000.0

120000.0

140000.0

160000.0

J upi ter Satur n Ur anus Neptune

P l anets

Diameter (km) of Dwarf Planets

0.0

500.0

1000.0

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2000.0

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3000.0

Cer es P luto Haumea Makemake E r is

P l anets