Solar System
Theory
Composed of:
Eight planets
Inner solar system
Mercury
Caracteristics:
Smallest planet
Closest to the sun
Fastest going around the sun
It hasn't got moons
Venus
Caracteristics:
Second planet from the sun
Hottest planet
Spins in the opposite direction
It hasn't got moons
Earth
Caracteristics:
Third planet from the sun
Largest of the terrestrial planets
The only know planet to support life
One moon
Mars
Caracteristics:
Fourth planet from the sun
Second smallest
Have informed a lot our understanding
Two moons, Phobos and Deimos
Know as "Red Planet"
Outer solar system
Jupiter
Caracteristics:
Fifth planet from the sun
Two and half more massive than others
Made primarily of gas
67 moons
Saturn
Caracteristics:
Sixth planet from the sun
It has the most espectacular ring system
Does not have sold surface
53 moons
Uranus
Caracteristics:
Seventh planet from the sun
Third largest
Cold and windy
13 faint rings
27 moons
Neptune
Caracteristics:
Last of the planets
Dark, cold and very windy
6 faint rings
Similar to Uranus
13 moons
170 Satellites or moons
Dust
Composed of:
Silicates
Carbon
Ice
Iron compounds
Asteroid
Comet
Meteorite
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