DISCUSSION ABOUT SOLAR SYSTEM
• The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system
of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly
or indirectly.Of the objects that orbit the Sun directly,
the largest are the eight planets, with the remainder
being smaller objects, the dwarf planets and small
Solar System bodies. Of the objects that orbit the Sun
indirectly—the natural satellites—two are larger than
the smallest planet, Mercury.
DID YOU KNOW?
• That More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar
system. Known as natural satellites, they orbit planets,
dwarf planets, asteroids, and other debris. Among the
planets, moons are more common in the outer reaches
of the solar system. Mercury and Venus are moon-free,
Mars has two small moons, and Earth has just one.
FACTS ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM
• 1: Solar System is 4.6 Billion Years Old
• The solar system is 4.6 billion years old and 99.86% of
its mass is contained in our Sun, a rotating yellow
dwarf star whose powerful gravity causes numerous
objects to revolve around it in nearly circular orbits
including the planets, moons, comets, asteroids,
meteoroids, dust and gas.
• 2: Sunlight Takes Around 8 Minutes To Reach Earth
• The Earth is located 93 million miles (150 million kms) away from the Sun,
a distance known to astronomers as an astronomical units or AU. Traveling
at the speed of light (186,282 miles per second), sunlight is able to cross this
vast distance in around 8 minutes 20 seconds.
• 3: Solar System 2 Light-years Across
• The size of a solar system is determined by how far its sun’s gravity
overpowers other objects in the region, which in the case of the Sun extends
to the Oort Cloud, a reservoir of cometary material located between 5,000
and 50,000 AU away. That boundary would give the solar system a diameter
of around 2 light-years across.
• 4: Planets Are Made of Rock or Gas
• The 8 planets in our solar system are divided into the inner planets of
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, which are basically made of rock and
metal; and the outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which
are made of hydrogen, helium and other gases. Despite being referred to as
gas giants, intense heat and pressure towards their centres cause their gases
to compress into liquid metal or rock.
• 5: Most Asteroids Found Between Mars and Jupiter
• Asteroids are usually rocky or metallic in nature and in our solar system
most can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in an area
known as the asteroid belt (2.7 AU). It is believed that in the early evolution
of the solar system, this region once contained enough material to form a
planet but Jupiter’s intense gravity stopped the materials from successfully
coalescing into a planet.
• 6: The Closer To The Sun, The Hotter The Planet
• In general, the closer the planet is to the Sun the hotter is its average
temperature. The average temperature of Mercury is a blistering +427
Celsius, but the planet Neptune’s average temperature is a chilly -200
Celsius. Howeer, Venus (460c) is actually hotter than Mercury thanks to its
thick carbon dioxide atmosphere which creates a greenhouse effect, while
Mercury has a very thin atmosphere and so cannot trap the Sun’s heat very
easily.
• 7: One Year Different On Each Planet
• The closer the planet is to the Sun, the quicker is its annual orbit around our
star. Whereas the Earth takes one year to revolve around the Sun, for
instance, Mercury would complete its orbit in 88 days, while distant Neptune
would complete its annual trek in 165 years.
• 9: Nearest Star To Earth is Proxima Centauri
• Outside of our own solar system, the nearest star to Earth is a red dwarf star called Proxima
Centauri (4.24 light-years), followed by Barnard’s Star in the constellation of Ophiuchus (6
light-years). The brightest star in the night sky, Sirius (-1.46 magnitude) in the constellation of
Canis Major, is the 5th closest star to Earth at a distance of 8.6 light years.
• 10: There Are 100 Billion Solar Systems In Milky Way Galaxy
• In ancient times, the solar system was considered to represent the entire universe and the planets
were believed to be ‘wandering stars‘ orbiting the Earth along with the Sun and stars. With the
advent of the scientific revolution beginning in 1543, the Earth was later included in the list of
planets but until recently astronomers still knew of only one solar system in the universe. Within
the last 17 years or so, however, over 4,000 planets orbiting distant stars have been found and
scientists now estimate that there may be as many as 100 billion solar systems in
our own Milky Way galaxy, alone.
WHAT KIND OF EFFECTS THAT I USED IN POWERPOINT
• First I used Power point but in Chromebook so it's kinda different
from others, because my power point is need to transfer in google
slides,
• I used (in typewriting) I used Calibri Light and the size of the font was
30, 28, and 40+
