The Planets in our Solar

System

Presented by:
Arrabis, Vanissa
Cerilo, Alona Jane
Daligdig, Devy Rose
Devibar, Dwen Ziel
Dumagat, Ailyn
Manit, Mariejun
Mata, Briana Sophia
Objectives:

a. Identify the eight planets in the solar system.

b. Enumerate the eight planets in the solar

system.

c. Indicate and draw the eight planets.

Inner Planets
 Mercury
Named for the Greco-
Roman messenger of the
gods. He was very fast,
and Mercury has the
shortest and fastest
orbit around the sun.

Orbits the Sun roughly

every 88 Earth days. It
rotates every 58.6 days,
giving it one full day and
a fraction of a rotation
every Mercury year.
 Venus
Named for the Roman
goddess of love.
Because it is so close to
the Sun and has a
shorter orbital time, it is
always visible from
Earth, usually around
sunrise or sunset. Venus
is sometimes called
Earths twin
Its mass is about 80%
that of Earth and it has
about 85% of Earths
volume.
 Earth
Earth is the only planet
known to harbor life.
About 70% of Earth is
covered by water. Earth
is the only planet known
to currently have active
plate tectonics. Earth has
one moon, sometimes
called Luna. Earths
moon is the largest
moon of an inner planet
 Mars
Mars is named for the Greco-
Roman god of war. Mars has
two moons, Phobos and
Diemos.
Mars has a very thin
atmosphere of mostly carbon
dioxide. Even the ice caps are
primarily made of frozen
carbon dioxide. Mars has
received a number of space
craft in an ongoing search for
life. Mars does not have a
magnetic field, though it clearly
Outer Planets
 Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet
in the solar system, and it
was named for the king of
the Roman gods. If you
combined all of the other
planets in the solar system
together, Jupiter would still
have 2 times their mass.
Jupiter is the closest gas
giant to the sun.
Jupiter has dozens of
moons, 67 at last count.
 Saturn
Saturn is the next most
massive planet in the solar
system after Jupiter.
Saturns days are just
under eleven hours long.
However, its year is twenty
nine and a half Earth years
long.
Saturn is perhaps most
famous for its rings. Its
rings are held in formation
due to the orbits of two
small moons. These two
moons are said to
shepherd the ring material.
 Uranus
Named for the father of the
god Jupiter. Uranus orbits
the sun every 84 Earth
years. Uranus is mostly
composed of hydrogen
with a large percentage of
helium. The 2% of its
atmosphere that is
methane gives it the blue
color we see. Uranus
rotates on its side relative
to the rest of the solar
 Neptune
Named for the ancient Greco-
Roman god of the sea.
Methane in Neptunes
atmosphere gives it its deep,
dark blue color. Neptune has
a blue Great Dark Spot similar
to Jupiters Great Red Spot.
Voyager recorded the fastest
winds in the solar system on
Neptune. Neptunes winds
near the Great Dark Spot
approach 1,200 miles per
hour.
 Activity
Identify what planets are being described by the
questions.
1. The only planet known to harbor life.
2. A planet the is famous for its rings.
3. The largest planet in the solar system and
has 67 moons.
4. Named for the Roman goddess of love.
Can be seen from earth during sunrise and
sunset.
5. Has the shortest and fastest orbit around
the sun. Hottest during day time and
coldest during night time.
Indicate if the planets listed below are
Inner or Outer planets.

1. Earth 5. Neptune
2. Jupiter 6. Venus
3. Mars 7. Mercury
4. Saturn 8. Uranus