Solar System by OLIVIA THOMPSON https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7 en-us 2017-02-02 18:33:00 UTC 2017-02-20 22:10:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png Olivia Thompson 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151250861 2..6.17 
5th period]]> 2017-02-02 18:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151250861 Murcury 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151252761
  • Order from the sun: 1
  • Atmosphere composition: sodium, magnesium, oxygen,  hydrogen, potassium, calcium, iron, aluminum, and possibly argon, carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen, xenon, krypton, neon, & helium.
  • Surface type: rocky
  • # of Moons:  0
  • Length of day/night: about 59 earth days
  • Length of orbit: about about 88 earth days
  • Interesting features: named after roman god
    • ]]>     2017-02-02 18:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151252761     Venus 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151252811
  • Order from the sun: 2
  • Atmosphere composition: carbon dioxide & nitrogen
  • Surface type: rocky
  • # of Moons: 0
  • Length of day/night: about 116 earth days
  • Length of orbit: about  244 earth days
  • Interesting features: atmosphere is so heavy that you would be crushed if you were on the surface

    • ]]>     2017-02-02 18:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151252811     Earth 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151252908
  • Order from the sun: 3
  • Atmosphere composition: nitrogen & oxygen 
  • Surface type:rocky 
  • # of Moons: 1
  • Length of day/night: 2 hours
  • Length of orbit: 365 days
  • Interesting features: 71% made up of water 

    • ]]>     2017-02-02 18:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151252908     Mars 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151253001
  • Order from the sun: 4
  • Atmosphere composition: carbon dioxide, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, argon, oxygen, 
  • Surface type : rocky
  • # of Moons: 2 
  • Length of day/night: about 1 earth day and 40 minutes 
  • Length of orbit: about 687 earth days
  • Interesting features:  only other planet that can possibly house life

    • ]]>     2017-02-02 18:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151253001     Jupiter 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912348
  • Order from the sun: 5
  • Atmosphere composition:molecular hydrogen & helium  
  • Surface type: gaseous 
  • # of Moons: 67 
  • Length of day/night: about 9 hours 
  • Length of orbit: about 12 earth years 
  • Interesting features: called “gas giant” because it’s the biggest planet

    • ]]>     2017-02-06 17:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912348     Saturn 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912445
  • Order from the sun: 6
  • Atmosphere composition: molecular hydrogen & helium
  • Surface type: gaseous 
  • # of Moons: 62
  • Length of day/night: about 10 hours 
  • Length of orbit: about 29 earth years
  • Interesting features: the least dense planet in our solar system

    • ]]>     2017-02-06 18:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912445     Uranus 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912540
  • Order from the sun: 7
  • Atmosphere composition: molecular hydrogen, helium, & methane
  • Surface type: gaseous
  • # of Moons: 27 
  • Length of day/night: about 17 hours
  • Length of orbit: about 84 earth years
  • Interesting features: axis of rotation is tilted sideways 

    • ]]>     2017-02-06 18:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912540     Neptune 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912667
  • Order from the sun: 8
  • Atmosphere composition: molecular hydrogen, helium, & methane
  • Surface type: gaseous
  • # of Moons: 14
  • Length of day/night: about 16 hours 
  • Length of orbit: about 165 earth years
  • Interesting features: has the second largest gravity of any planet in our solar system (first is jupiter)

    • ]]>     2017-02-06 18:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/151912667     Comets 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152453950 An icy body that releases gas or dust. They are found in the Kuiper Belt & the Oort Cloud]]> 2017-02-08 13:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152453950 Oort Cloud 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152456404 An extended shell of icy objects that exist in the outermost reaches of the solar system. It surrounds the whole solar system.]]> 2017-02-08 14:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152456404 Asteroid Belt & Asteroids 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152541047  An asteroid belt is a region of the solar system between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are small rocky bodies orbiting the sun.]]> 2017-02-08 17:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152541047 Kuiper Belt 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152541801 A region beyond Neptune’s orbit.]]> 2017-02-08 17:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152541801 Dwarf Planets 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152544533 Objects that orbit the sun & have enough gravity to pull themselves into spheres but they have other objects in the area of their orbit. They can be found. Most can be found in the Kuiper belt but one, Ceres, can be found in the asteroid belt.]]> 2017-02-08 17:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152544533 Meteors, Meteorites, & Meteoroids 1002879 https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152548111 Meteors are a streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere, the friction with the air creates heat which creates a meteor. Meteoroids are chunks of rocks/dust smaller than asteroids. Meteorites are meteoroids that pass through the atmosphere & are found on earth’s surface.]]> 2017-02-08 17:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1002879/qnnss0pfu2w7/wish/152548111