https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science Lesson 9: Using Space Science on Earth Science 6 B Unit 2: Our Solar System en-us 2021-02-23 21:50:18 UTC 2024-05-25 16:10:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://media3.giphy.com/media/zMaCuiamKtuMM/giphy.gif sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1233909559 In this padlet you will see information about Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. You will learn details about their size, surface features, and atmospheric conditions.]]> 2021-02-23 21:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1233909559 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1234020026 By SciShow Kids]]> 2021-02-23 22:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1234020026 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1234163024 Jupiter is one of our solar system's gas giants. It is said to be the biggest planet in the solar system. Jupiter has a big red spot that is actually named The Big Red Spot. It is a storm that has been going on for as long a astronomers can remember.
According to NASA,  Jupiter is "approximately 484 million miles from the sun (five times as far from the Sun as the Earth is)." Jupiter has an AU of 5.2 and takes 11.86 Earth years in one of its years.(https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/) ]]> 2021-02-23 23:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1234163024 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237820385 Jupiter's surface is made up of gases. "When we look at Jupiter, we’re actually seeing the outermost layer of its clouds. Jupiter's upper atmosphere is made of up to 90% hydrogen, with 10% helium, and then other gases like ammonia... Of course, there’s no actual surface, so you’d just sink into the planet if you tried to stand on it."(https://www.universetoday.com/47354/jupiters-surface/) The gravity of Jupiter is 2.5 times stronger than the Earth's.

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https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/in-depth/]]> 2021-02-24 18:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237860353 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237939047 Like The Big Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturn also has some storms. One of these storms is near Saturn's north pole. It has a hexagon-shaped pattern and a space observer noticed. This storm has winds that go up to 200 mph. According to NASA, "There is no weather feature like it anywhere else in the solar system."(https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/in-depth/)]]> 2021-02-24 18:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237939047 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237956848 On Neptune, a day is 16 hours long but a year is the same as 165 Earth years. Neptune is said by NASA to be the windiest in our solar system.
            "A giant planet, Neptune's atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium, and methane. These components, specifically methane, are what gives the planet its blue color. This is because methane's gaseous composition absorbs red light and reflects blue light outward."(https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/neptune/in-depth/)]]> 2021-02-24 18:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237956848 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237957129 "Neptune does not have a solid surface. Its atmosphere (made up mostly of hydrogen, helium and methane) extends to great depths, gradually merging into water and other melted ices over a heavier, solid core with about the same mass as Earth."(https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/neptune/in-depth)]]> 2021-02-24 18:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237957129 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237957570 Unlike most of the gas giants, Uranus is a planet that has gases, water, and a rocky center like the Earth. You cannot see Uranus without a telescope. Uranus has an axes on its side. Some people think when the planets were still young a rock or comet hit the planet and turned it on its side.
"The seventh planet from the Sun with the third largest diameter in our solar system, Uranus is very cold and windy. The ice giant is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 27 small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit. This unique tilt makes Uranus appear to spin on its side, orbiting the Sun like a rolling ball."
(https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/in-depth/#otp_structure)]]> 2021-02-24 18:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1237957570 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1238070769 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2364/neptune-3d-model/]]> 2021-02-24 19:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1238070769 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1238146720 All of the gas giants  have rings but Saturn's are the only ones we can see.]]> 2021-02-24 19:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1238146720 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1238228014 "Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, although he originally thought it was either a comet or a star. It was two years later that the object was universally accepted as a new planet, in part because of observations by astronomer Johann Elert Bode.
William Herschel tried unsuccessfully to name his discovery Georgium Sidus after King George III. Instead, the planet was named for Uranus, the Greek god of the sky, as suggested by Johann Bode."(https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/in-depth/#otp_structure)]]> 2021-02-24 19:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1238228014 sandersgirl117 https://padlet.com/sandersgirl117/science/wish/1238365372 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/overview/
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