Space By Joel Y5

About Space Space is a series of planets and stars, there are about 400 billion stars in the milky way and there are nine planets in are galaxy. The biggest planet is Jupiter

Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system also it the fifth planet from the sun. Jupiter orbits the sun every earth years (or 4,332). It is the brightest in the night sky when it reaches opposition to the sun

Mars Mars is the second to smallest planet in the solar system and the fourth from the sun. It is described as the red planet by the roman god of war. Mars takes earth days to orbit the sun

Venus Orbiting the sun every earth days Venus is the second planet from it. It is named after the roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus is classed as Earths sinister planet due to there similar size, gravity and bulk composition

Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second in the solar system. Saturn got its name from the roman god Saturn. Saturn orbits the sun every 29.4 earth days. There is also a ring round Saturn

Mercury It is the smallest planet in the solar system. It orbits the sun once in 88 earth days, The Planet got its name from the roman god Mercury! Due to Mercury's orbit lies between earths orbit (as does Venuses) it can be seen in the sky as a star in the morning or evening

Pluto Pluto is commonly known as the dwarf planet and is the 9 th planet from the sun. It orbits the sun in years. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a very fortunate accident. It is also the only planet that hasn’t been visited be a spacecraft

Uranus Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the fourth biggest planet. The name Uranus is the ancient Greek deity of the heavens. It was the first planet discovered in march 1781 by William Herschel while looking through his telescope

Neptune Neptune is the fourth biggest planet and the eighth from the sun. Neptune was first discovered by Galle and d’arrest on 1846 September 23.It takes Earth years to orbit the sun (much longer from sun so it takes longer

The Sun The sun believe it or not is actually a star in the centre of the universe. It is actually made up of billions of stars. Without the sun earth would never survive as it gives heat and light that the earth needs to support life It is the sun that gives light to the moon. The moon reflects the suns light

Asteroids Asteroid; Is a relatively small, inactive, rocky body orbiting the sun. Sometimes the crash to earth but most burn up in the atmosphere