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Solar System
Solar System
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Kallicia Barclay
J’den Clayton
Ajaani Hall
Saige Johnson
Madison Minott
Nathan Smith
Subject: Geography
Form: 1-8
Teacher: Miss Dunn
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Table of Content
Overview on Solar System……………………………….……………………………..…. 3
Apart from the planets, the solar system includes moons, asteroids,
comets, and meteoroids. Moons move around planets. Comets, asteroids,
and meteoroids all circle the sun. The only star in our solar system that
emits its own light is the sun. All other celestial bodies in our solar
system reflect the sun's light.
Venus
History of Planets name
Earth
History of Planets name
All planets, except for Earth, were
named after Greek and Roman gods
and goddesses. The name Earth is an
English/German name which simply
means the ground. It comes from the
Old English words 'eor(th)e' and
'ertha'. In German it is 'erde'. The
name Earth is at least 1000 years old.
How was it discovered?
‘The discovery that Earth is a planet among others was established in the
seventeenth century. This discovery came through by the combined forces of
philosophers, mathematicians and astronomers. A philosopher Plato deduced that
the Earth is round but this theory had been proven years later’ Rimmer (2021).
Mars
History of Planets name
Jupiter
History of Planets name
Since many cultures observed
Jupiter, they all gave it different
names but the Roman name
remained used in the majority of
cultures. Jupiter is named after
the principal Roman god, the
equivalent of the Greek god Zeus.
References
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%20first%20planet,the%20planet's%20surface%20with%20radar.
Choi, C. Q. (2022, July 21). Jupiter: A guide to the largest planet in the solar system.
Space.com. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://www.space.com/7-jupiter-largest-
planet-solar-system.html
Ian, B. (2021, January 4). Earth facts: Surface, atmosphere, satellites, history & definition. The
Nine Planets. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://nineplanets.org/earth/
Lee, M. (2010, January 1). Saturn (enhanced colors). Science On a Sphere. Retrieved October
15, 2022, from https://sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/saturn-enhanced-colors/
Rimmer, A. (2021, October 21). What colors are the planets in our solar system? and why are
they so. Astronomy.com. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from
https://astronomy.com/news/2021/10/colors-of-the-solar-system
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