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bh.... __ The Solar System __



__Sun __ The Sun's size is: 1,392,000km Mass: 1,990,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kg



__Mercury __

Mercury’s Distance from the Sun: 57,900,000 km Mercury size is: 4,879 km  Mass: 330,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg



__Venus __

Venus’ Distance from the Sun: 108,200,000 km Venus’ size is: 12,104 km  Mass: 4,869,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kg



__Earth __ 

Earth’s distance from the Sun: 149,600,000 km Earth’s size is: 12,756 km  Mass: 5,980,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg



__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mars __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mars’ distance from the Sun: 227,900,000 km <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mars’ size is: 6,796 km  <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mass: 641,900,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg



__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Jupiter __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Jupiter’s distance from the Sun: 778,000,000 km <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Jupiter’s size is: 142,984 km  <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mass: 1,899,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg



__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Saturn __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Saturn’s distance from the Sun: 1,429,000,000 km <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Saturn’s size is: 120,536 km  <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mass: 568,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg



__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Uranus __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Uranus' distance from the Sun: 2,875,000,000 km <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Uranus' size is: 51,118 km  <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mass: 86,630,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg



<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">﻿ __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Neptune __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Neptune’s distance from the Sun: 2,875,000,000 km <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Neptune’s size is: 51,118 km  <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Mass: 102,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg.

....... __<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Starlab __
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">The largest astroid is 55 km long.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">If you go into a black hole you will melt because it is a dead star.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Scorpio is the easiest constellation to find in the night sky.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Venus is the hottest planet because it has carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Earth can fit into the Sun 1 million times.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">A Solar Eclipse is when the moon gets in the way of the Sun. The Earth is in the shadow of the moon.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">All of the outer planets are made of gas and all of the inner planets are made up of rocks.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">All of the outer planets have rings.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Saturn's rings are 7 km long.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Mars has the biggest mountain in the Solar System. It is called Olympus Mons. Its width is the size of Victoria and Mt Everest is only 1/3 of the height.

__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Orbits __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">An orbit is a repeating elliptical path around another star or planet in space by the influence of gravity. The object in the orbit is called a satellite. A satellite can either be human made or a star, moon or planet. Most people will say that the orbits in our solar system are circular but actually they are elliptical. There are circular orbits out in space, but none in our solar system. An ellipse is more of a egg shape than a circular. An object’s orbit can tell an astronomer watching it from millions of kilometres away that there is another object millions of more kilometres away in space.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">[|Click here to see how a orbit works.]

<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Mercury: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;"> 88 Days <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Venus: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;"> 225 Days <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Earth: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;"> 365 1/4 Days <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Mars: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;"> 687 Days <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Jupiter: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">11 years and 315 Days <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Saturn: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;"> 29 Years and 167 Days. <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Uranus: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;"> 84 years and 6 Days <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Neptune: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">154 years and 288 Days.

__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Inner and Outer Planets __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">The inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are all the closest to the Sun. They are all made up of rock and metal and are dense. It takes them longer to orbit around the sun because of there weight, but it is a shorter time to take around because they are closer. The outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (Dwarf Planet) are the furthest away from the Sun. They are mostly made up of gases. By mostly being made up of gas they move at a faster pace than the inner planets. Although they are further away and it takes longer. The two main gases are hydrogen and helium. Also all of the Outer planets have rings, but you can only see Saturn's clearly.

__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Inner Planets __



.............................................. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Mercury <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">........... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Venus <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">............. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Earth <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">.................. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Mars

__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">Outer Planets __



<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">﻿ <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">..................... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">Jupiter <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">............. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">Saturn <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">............... <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">Uranus <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">.............. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">Neptune <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">........ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px;">Pluto

__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Jupiter __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">I have chosen Jupiter because of how it stands out differently to all the planets. It interests me because of how bigger it is to all the other planets and what it is made out of. Jupiter is one of the Outer planets, therefore that means it is a gas planet. When you look at Jupiter in any pictures you are looking at hydrogen and helium clouds that completely cover the planet's surface. It is the biggest planet in our Solar System and 1300 Earth's could fit inside Jupiter! Jupiter's days are only 9 hours and 50 minutes long, that is 14 hours and 10 minutes shorter than ours. Jupiter has 4 planets size moons and 59 other moons orbiting Jupiter. They are named Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Now, they are mostly reffered to as the Galilean satellites. Jupiter has a Great Red Spot, it is 2/3 times the size of Earth, it is 12,000 by 25,000 km. It is a huge mass of swirling gas turning counterclockwise south of Jupiter's equator. The Geat Red Spot could of lasted for aslong as 180 years to 345 years or more.

__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Why does Earth have Seasons __ <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Earth has seasons because it is tilted on its axis as it orbits around the Sun. Strangely enough, the Earth is closer to the Sun when it is winter and further away when it is summer. The hemisphere that is tilted towards the Sun with have more hours of daylight and of course the hemisphere tilted away will have fewer hours of sunlight. During Summer in the northern hemisphere, Earth is tilted so that the North pole is pointed towards the Sun and the South pole is pointing away from the Sun. This is when Earth is experiencing Summer for the northern hemisphere, and Winter in the southern hemisphere.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"> <span style="color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">....... <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">﻿ __<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">What are the phases of Earth’s moon __

<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">............. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">new moon <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">..................... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">waxing crescent <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">.................. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">first quarter <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">......... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">W <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">axing gibbous <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">.................... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">F <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">ull moon <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">..................... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Maning gibbous

<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">........ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">L <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">ast quarter <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">....................... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">M <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">aning crescent <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">.................. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">New moon

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">You see different shapes of the moon because of how the moon orbits around the earth while rotating around the sun. The side of the moon you can not see is not having light reflected on it by the Sun.



... ...............  __<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Lunar Eclipse __ ... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">A lunar Eclipse is when the Sun, Earth and Moon are all aligned and the Moon is blocked from the sun. When there is a lunar eclipse the Moon has to be full and it turns a red/orange colour.

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__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;"><span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">﻿ Solar Eclipse __ .... <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">A Solar Eclipse is when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth and blocks out the view of the Sun. It can only happen during a New Moon.



__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Gravity __ ...........

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Gravity is the force that pulls two objects together. Gravity gives weight to objects on Earth with mass which causes us to stay on the ground. The moons gravitational pull on the Earth causes the different tides, low tide and high tide. The speed of a object falling with the force of gravity to earth is 9.81 metres per second. Gravity, it has the biggest effect on our world and we wouldn't be able to live without it. This force, Gravity keeps our planets in orbit around of sun. It orbits the planets around the sun while there moons (if they have any) are orbiting around the planets. This is all because of gravity and how it works in space. .......... <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">__<span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">﻿ Bibliography__ <span style="color: #4663ce; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 190%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">Internet:

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit - 17/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">[] - 17/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://[|www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/] - 19/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://gunn.co.nz/AstroTour/?data=tours/retrograde.xml - 21/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-what-is-an-orbit.html - 23/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit - 23/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://www.ronyerby.com/ss/Inner.html - 23/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://www.astronomyexpert.co.uk/OrbitsAndHowTheyWork.html - 26/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter - 26/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_Earth_have_seasons - 28/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061120185541AA9SdhE - 28/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://www.universetoday.com/14368/why-earth-has-seasons/ - 28/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/students/simpler/index.htm - 28/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse - 28/10/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse - 28/10/10/ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effect_does_gravity_have_on_earth - 08/11/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">[] - 08/11/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_of_Earth - 08/11/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">[] - 08/11/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">[] - 09/11/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">[] - 11/11/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">[] - 11/11/10 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">[] - 11/11/10

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Books:

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Stars and Planets, David H. Levy - 21/10/10