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A Journey to the Stars
Liz PuchnarewiczMullard Space Science Laboratorywww.mssl.ucl.ac.uk
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Blast off from the
Earth
Kourou
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First stop – the Sun• Enormous hot ball of gas.• 109 times bigger than the Earth.• Only going to burn for another billion years!
This is an X-ray of the Sun!!
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Follow the Sun in the Sky
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Follow the Sun in the Sky
East West
South
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So what does this mean?
The Earth spins around once a day…
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Now – on to Mercury
1 day = 59 Earth days
Days very hot – Nights very cold!!!
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And the next planet
is…Venus!!!
1 day = 243 Earth days1 year = 225 Earth days!!!
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Wave to your Mum – the Earth is
next
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Did you know that the Earth and Moon are a double
planet?
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So how does the Moon change shape?
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It’s Mars!Look out for little green men!!!
1 day = 1 Earth day1 year = 687 Earth days
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JupiterThe nearest and biggest of the giants.
Great Red Spot
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Which is the flattest planet?
…SaturnAnd how do
we know?…Because someone ‘saturn’ it!!!
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This is Uranus
It takes 84 years to go around the Sun
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The next giant is Neptune (usually)
Great Dark Spot
Scooter
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And last of all - Pluto
… and his friend, Charon.It’s another double planet!
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Back to Earth
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Journey over!