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STARDOME PRESENTS THE SOLAR SYSTEM Images by courtesy of

The Earth – our home in space

The Universe of Galaxies Each galaxy is a city of stars

Our galaxy – the Milky Way You are here

Stars in the Milky Way 500 light years 500 light years = 500 x kilometres 500 light years = kilometres!

The Sun – our local star

A sunspot An area of cooler gas sinking into the sun

4 small rock planets 4 giant gas planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars JupiterSaturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

Orbits of the inner planets

Orbits of the Outer Planets

Mercury Daytime 420 degrees Night Minus 180 degrees

Meteorite craters No air No water No life

Venus Shrouded in clouds

Venus Uncovered by radar

Surface of Venus Suffocating carbon dioxide Temperature 500 C Acid clouds Crushing atmosphere

Earth Warm Air Water Life

Seasons on Earth Summer Winter Long days Short Nights Short days Long nights Sun

Sunset over Europe

The Moon

Phases of the Moon Sunlight

Volcanoes Meteorite craters Valleys MARS

MARS, THE RED PLANET

The face on Mars?

Surface of Mars Thin carbon dioxide atmosphere Temperature minus 20 degrees C Water frozen into soil

Water on Mars Mars from orbit Showing river channels made by water long ago

Surface of Mars from the Spirit lander

Mars Express: Volcanic crater 1 km wide

A human landing on Mars – maybe by 2020?

Asteroids

Meteorite Crater, Arizona Deep Impact

Jupiter – gas giant

60 moons

The 4 great moons of Jupiter Io A world of volcanoes Europa Ice covered Water beneath the ice? Ganymede Ice covered, largest moon in the Solar System Callisto Ice surface, Covered in craters

Saturn, Lord of the Rings

30 Moons Titan

TITAN The only moon known to have an atmosphere. 15 January 2005: Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan

URANUS: 21 moons

Uranus A planet knocked on its side

NEPTUNE: 11 Moons

Sedna Planet 10 ? Diameter: 1600 km Distance from Sun: 13 billion km Not a planet: one of many icy worlds in the Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto

PLUTO Charon

COMET A space iceberg

The Oort Cloud of comets

Gas tail Dust tail COMET HALE-BOPP 1997

Meteor – shooting star 12 August13 December

Meteor Storm !

The Solar System Nine wonderful worlds

SOLAR SYSTEM Is a STARDOME PRODUCTION By DENNIS ASHTON, FRAS Images from

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