Planets by ASHER DORFMAN https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2017-02-02 18:33:41 UTC 2017-02-15 01:29:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png Mercury 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151251342
  • Order from the sun 1st
  • Atmosphere composition  hydrogen, helium, and oxygen
  • Surface type rock
  • 0 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 58d 15h 30m
  • Length of orbit 88 days
  • Interesting features  It is gravitationally locked,For every 2 orbits of the Sun mercury completes three rotations of its axis

    • ]]>     2017-02-02 18:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151251342     Venus 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151922283
  • Order from the sun 2nd
  • Atmosphere composition Carbon Dioxide and tiny amounts of nitrogen
  • Surface type rocky
  • 0 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 116d 18h 0m
  • Length of orbit 225
    • 7. Interesting features Venus is the second brightest natural object in the sky

    ]]>     2017-02-06 18:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151922283     Earth 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151925490
  • Order from the sun 3rd
  • Atmosphere composition 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.03% carbon dioxide
  • Surface type rocky
  • 1 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 24h
  • Length of orbit 365
    • Interesting features Earth is in the Goldilocks zone, where it’s perfect for life. 

    ]]>     2017-02-06 18:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151925490     Mars 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151926350
  • Order from the sun 4th
  • Atmosphere composition 96% carbon dioxide, 1.9% argon, 1.9% nitrogen
  • Surface type rocky
  • 2 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 1d 0h 40m
  • Length of orbit 687
    • Interesting features The landmass of Mars and Earth is very similar

    ]]>     2017-02-06 18:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151926350     Jupiter 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151927535
  • Order from the sun 5th
  • Atmosphere composition Hydrogen and Helium
  • Surface type gaseous
  • 67 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 0d 9h 56m
  • Length of orbit 12 years 
    • Interesting features  two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined

    ]]>     2017-02-06 18:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/151927535     Saturn 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152240267
  • Order from the sun 6th
  • Atmosphere composition Hydrogen and Helium mainly 
  • Surface type gaseous
  • 53 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 10h 42m
  • Length of orbit 11,000 days
    • Interesting features  Saturn is the least dense planet in the Solar System

    ]]>     2017-02-07 18:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152240267     Uranus 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152241543
  • Order from the sun 7th
  • Atmosphere composition hydrogen and helium
  • Surface type gaseous
  • 27 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 17h 14m
  • Length of orbit 84 years
    • Interesting features the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope

    ]]>     2017-02-07 18:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152241543     Neptune 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152243647
  • Order from the sun 8th
  • Atmosphere composition hydrogen and helium, with trace amounts of methane, water, ammonia and other ices
  • Surface type gaseous
  • 13 of Moons 
  • Length of day/night 16h 6m
  • Length of orbit 165 years
    • Interesting features Neptune has the second largest gravity of any planet in the solar system 

    ]]>     2017-02-07 18:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152243647     Comets 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152250251 Icy body that releases gas or dust. Was created by the collapse of a giant, diffuse cloud of gas and dust about 4.6 billion years ago. ]]> 2017-02-07 18:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152250251 Oort Cloud 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152253386 The Oort Cloud is an extended shell of icy objects that exist in the outermost reaches of the solar system. Outside of Kuiper belt.]]> 2017-02-07 18:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152253386 Asteroid belt and asteroids 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152254951 An asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets.]]> 2017-02-07 18:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152254951 Kuiper Belt 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152255601 A asteroid belt located on the outer shell of where the main planets end , Pluto is apart of this supposedly. ]]> 2017-02-07 18:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152255601 Dwarf Planets 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152543446 a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as a planet.  Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris are all the dwarf planets. ]]> 2017-02-08 17:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152543446 Meteoroids Meteors Meteorites 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152549189 Meteoroid – A small particle from an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun. Meteor – A meteoroid that is observed as it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere – a shooting star. Meteorite – A meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and impacts the Earth's surface]]> 2017-02-08 17:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152549189 Asher Dorfman 1404775 https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152872078 2017-02-09 18:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1404775/ht6fi78ty653/wish/152872078