https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5 My Solar System Project (All time is referring to time on Earth) en-us 2020-09-12 12:28:41 UTC 2020-09-12 14:47:30 UTC hello@padlet.com colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740926551 The Sun is a star made of hot plasma and it is our main and most important source of energy for life on Earth. As a star the Sun is just a big ball of gas made up of 92.1% hydrogen and 7.8% percent helium which is held up by its own gravity. It is also the closest Star to Earth. It is located at the centre of the universe. At the core of the Sun it can reach up to 15 million °C ( 27 million °F) The surface temperature of the Sun is 2 million °C ( 3.5 million °F) It is very bright and orangey-red in colour. ]]> 2020-09-12 12:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740926551 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740939357 Mercury is the 1st planet in our Solar System. Its is 46.236 million kilometres away from the Sun. Its diametre is 4,879.4 kilometres. Mercury takes 88 days to orbit the Sun. It is dark grey in colour with hints of grey. A day on Mercury lasts 1,407.5 hours. Its minimum temperature is -170°C and its maximum is 449°C. ait is a terrestrial planet. (Made up of solid land). It is the smallest planet in the Solar System.]]> 2020-09-12 12:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740939357 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740947134 Venus is 108.16 million kilometres away from the Sun. Its 12,104 kilometre in diametre. Venus takes 225 days to orbit around the Sun. A day on Venus lasts 5,832 hours. It is 465°C and its maximum temperature is also 465°C. It is also a terrestrial planet. It is the hottest planet in out "Solar System". It is also called the Sister Planet because it is similar in size to Earth and similar in distance away from the Sun. It is the 2nd planet in our Solar System.]]> 2020-09-12 13:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740947134 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740950934 Earth is the planet that we live on and it is the only planet (We can confirm) that is habitatable (So far) Earth is 12,742 in diametre. It takes 365 days to orbit around the Sun. It is 150.54 million kilometres away from the Sun. A day on Earth lasts 24 hours. Its minimum temperature is -89°C and maximum is 58°C. Earth is also a terrestrial planet. Earth has only one moon. It is the 3rd planet in our Solar System.    ]]> 2020-09-12 13:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740950934 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740958425 Mars is the 4th planet away from the Sun.  It is 214.82 million kilometres away from the Sun. It is 6,779 kilometres in diametre. It takes Mars 687 days to orbit the Sun. A day on Mars lasts 24 hours and 37 minutes. Its minimum temperature is -153°C and its maximum is 20°C. It is a terrestrial planet. It is sometimes called the "Red Planet" because of its red colour. Mars has 2 moons.]]> 2020-09-12 13:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740958425 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740966233 The Asteroid Belt is located in between Mars and Jupiter. It made up of irregular shaped rocks. These rocks are much smaller than planets  and these are called asteroids or minor planets. The Asteroid Belt is just a very large group of these asteroids making a huge circle/oval. It also serves as a purpose of being the borderline between the terrestrial and gaseous planets.]]> 2020-09-12 13:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740966233 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740972095 Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System with a diametre of 139,820 kilometres. It is 775.2 million kilometres away from the Sun. It takes Jupiter 4,300 days to orbit around the Sun. A day on Jupiter 9 hours, 55 minutes and 30 seconds. The temperature in the clouds of Jupiter are about -234°C and the temperature near the core is about 24,000°C. It is a gaseous planet (Made up of only gas) It has 53 confirmed moons and 79 moons in total. It is the 5th planet away from the Sun.]]> 2020-09-12 13:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740972095 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740980005 Saturn is the 6th planet away from the Sun. It is 1.4961 billion kilometres away from the Sun. It is 116,460 kilometres in diametre. Its takes 29 years for Saturn to orbit the Sun. A day on Saturn lasts 10 hours and 42 minutes. At the top layer of the atmosphere, the temperature will range from -173°C to -113°C. About 332 kilometres lower, the temperature is high as 57°C. It is also a gaseous planet. It is made up of 94% hydrogen, 6% helium and small amounts of methane and ammonia. Saturn is one of the planets in our Solar System that has rings. These rings are made up of rocks and ice covered in dust. The reason Saturn has rings was because the plants that were going past Saturn were torn apart by Saturn's powerful gravity. Saturn has 53 confirmed moons and 62 in total.]]> 2020-09-12 14:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740980005 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740987088 Uranus is the 7th planet away from the Sun. It is 2.9623 billion kilometres away from the Sun. It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun. It is 50,724 kilometres in diametre. A day on Uranus is nearly 18 hours. Its minimum temperature is -153°C and its maximum temperature is -153°C. It is also a gaseous planet. I is often referred as the "Ice Giant" planet. It also has rings but they are very faint. Uranus has 27 moons.]]> 2020-09-12 14:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740987088 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740990471 Neptune is the 8th planet away from the Sun and it is also the last planet in our Solar System. It is 4.4767 billion kilometres away from the Sun. Its diametre is 49,244 kilometres. It takes Neptune 165 years to orbit the Sun. A day on Neptune lasts 16 hours and 6 minutes. Approximately the minimum temperature on Neptune is -218°C and maximum  temperature is -200°C. It is a gaseous planet. Neptune has 14 moons. ]]> 2020-09-12 14:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740990471 colinjayan https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740996209 Our galaxy is a big black vacuum filled with endless amounts of galaxies, planets, moons, stars etc. And our galaxy, The Milky Way (shown above), is one of the endless galaxies out there. We have only discovered a tiny area in our galaxy which proves that there are endless possibilities out there in this humungous vacuum. ]]> 2020-09-12 14:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/colinjayan/oafewso8bky1nij5/wish/740996209