• The solar system was formed around 4.6 billion years ago.

• The inner planets are smaller and made mostly out of rock and metal.

OUR SOLAR SYSTEMBY LYNDEN SHIPMAN

• The sun is a star.

• The sun is the hottest planet in our solar system.

OUR SUN

• The surface of Mercury is similar to our moon.

• The planet Mercury is the 3RD planet.

MERCURY

• Venus and Earth are the some size only 638 km different.

• The moon is brighter than Venus.

VENUS

• Earth is the planet we live on.

• When you are in space the Earth look mostly blue that is the water .

EARTH

• Mars is the 4 planet from the sun.

• The color of Mars is orange and black.

MARS

• Asteroids are small bodies of the solar system.

• The Asteroids also orbit around the sun.

THE ASTEROID BELT

• Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun.

• Jupiter is more massive than all the other planets combined

JUPITER

• Saturn is the 6 planet from the sun.

• Saturn has rings that are visible.

SATURN

• Uranus is a gas planet.

• Uranus has 27 moons.

URANUS

• Neptune has at least 13 moons.

• Winds can reach at least 2,000 miles per hour.

NEPTUNE

• Pluto is 1 dwarf planet.

• Pluto has a rocky surface.

THE DWARF PLANET

• Galaxies have at least 1 million stars.

• The Galaxy has three different parts to it.

GALAXY

• A Comet is an icy body that releases gas or dust.

• They often are compared to dirty snow balls.

COMET

• The Universe is constantly being destroyed.

• The Universe spans diameter of over 150 billion miles.

UNIVERSE

• Some Dwarf planets are Pluto , Eris and more.

• There are at least 6 Dwarf planets in our solar system.

OTHER DWARF PLANETS

• Telescope helps you see far.

• They were first being used in the 17th century.

TELESCOPE

• A Constellation is a group of stars that form into patterns.

• There are different Constellations like Luaus the hare.

CONSTELLATION

• Other stars are giant ,luminous spheres of plasma.

• There are millions of other stars in our Milky Way galaxy.

OTHER STARS