1. The Solar System! ~By: Celine~ BibliographyBibliography:

2. Starting from the sun, the order of the planets is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Starting from the sun the order of the planets is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

4. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and has been known since before the third century. Its surface resembles our moon, yet it doesn’t have any moon of its own. Mercury's atmosphere is very thin and it contains a large iron core, which is most likely incompletely molten.

5. Venus is a small rocky planet, covered in a large layer of yellow coloured clouds; the clouds on Venus are not made of water, they form from a poison called Sulfuric acid. Eventhough Venus is quite cloudy it is to hot to form rain. Its surface is extremely hot at approximately 400 degrees celsius. The first spaceship to land on Venus was the Mariner 2 in 1962. Venus has no known moons!

6. Earth is just the right distance from the sun and our seas and oceans keep us stable. We have a molten core of iron and our ozone layer is something important about the Earth.

7. Mars is the god of war, in Greek mythology it is known as Ares! Mars is thought to have gotten its name from its red colour, and is sometimes referred to as the “red planet.” People are fascinated by mars which has led to lots of research being done into its origins and make up. Mars has a giant crater in its southern hemisphere, it is 6km in depth and 2000 km in width! It is thought that lakes or even oceans once existed for a short amout of time.

8. The first spacecraft to visit Jupiter was the pioneer 10 in 1973, since then it has been visited by many others such as the Pioneer 11, Voyager 2 and Ulysses. At the moment the spacecraft Galileo is orbiting Jupiter and will be sending data back to Earth at least until, 2011. On Jupiter there is a swirling storm of gas known as the ″ Great Red Spot ″ it is thought to have lasted many centuries! Jupiter has 16 known Moons, there is 4 Galileon and 12 small ones.

9. Saturn is the second largest Planet, and is known to be a gas giant. Saturn is mainly made of hydrogen and also has many rings moving around its giant equator!

10. Uranus was once thought to be a comet. It has a temperature of approximately 357 ◦f and has at least 20 moons and 10 rings! It takes 84 Earth to move around the sun once. Every Planet has poles at the top and bottom, but Uranus has poles on either of its sides. Uranus has been found difficult to spot from Earth, even through a telescope because it is 2 Billion Miles from the sun!!!

11. Neptunes surface is almost completely covered in Ice, it also has 13 moons!!! Neptune has a very thick atmosphere. 1 year on neptune is almost 165 yeas on Earth so technically you wouldn’t live to see your first birthday!

12. Pluto was discovered in 1999. One day on Pluto is 6 days on Earth that means a long week. On one side of Pluto it is covered with ice and on the other side it is extremely hot, while its atmosphere is made of methore!

13. In our solar system there are 9 planets. The solar system has 2 parts to it, the inner planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. And the outer planets are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The inner planets are separated from the outer planets by the asteroid belt. Planets move around the sun instead of the sun moving around them because the lighter thing always moves around the heavier thing. In this case the sun is heavier than the planets so the planets being the lighter thing moves around the sun.

14. Yes, water has been found on other planets. Water has been found on Mars and Jupiter (only a vapor of water has been found on Jupiter) and plants have been found on mars, they are known as red plants.

15. Bibliography: (image)- www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/resources/web_resourses/CSA_Astro 9/files/images/unit4/solar system www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/resources/web_resourses/CSA_Astro 9/files/images/unit4/solar system (Mercury)-http:// space.about.com/od/solarsystem/tp/mercury10things.htmhttp:// space.about.com/od/solarsystem/tp/mercury10things.htm (Venus)- http;//wiki.answer/Q/what_are_some_of_the_special_features_on_th e_planet_Venus http;//wiki.answer/Q/what_are_some_of_the_special_features_on_th e_planet_Venus (Earth)- http;//wiki.answer/Q/What_special_feature_does_planet_earth_have http;//wiki.answer/Q/What_special_feature_does_planet_earth_have (Mars)- http;// wiki.answer/Q/what_special_feature_does_planet__Mars_havehttp;// wiki.answer/Q/what_special_feature_does_planet__Mars_have (Jupiter) http;// -wiki.answer/Q/What_is_special_about_about_Jupiterhttp;// -wiki.answer/Q/What_is_special_about_about_Jupiter (Saturn)- http;// wiki.answer.com/Q/What_is_something_about_saturnhttp;// wiki.answer.com/Q/What_is_something_about_saturn (Uranus)- http;// wiki.answer.com/Q/is_there_anything_special_about_Uranushttp;// wiki.answer.com/Q/is_there_anything_special_about_Uranus (Neptune)-http;//stmary.ws/highschoolphysics/astro98/neptune.htmlhttp;//stmary.ws/highschoolphysics/astro98/neptune.html (Pluto)-www.stmary.ws/highschoolphysics/astro98/pluto.htmlwww.stmary.ws/highschoolphysics/astro98/pluto.htm (has water or nature been found on any planet other Earth?)- http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/emboragoed_ _ _wat.html http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/emboragoed_ _ _wat.html (do planets move?)- http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/phronedmarc/2002_july.shtml http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/phronedmarc/2002_july.shtml