My artistic shelf by Marty Mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2017-10-13 18:42:05 UTC 2017-10-19 19:10:12 UTC hello@padlet.com ~ Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system. s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/196948733 ~is has a molten core.
~ is only the second hottest planet.
]]> 2017-10-13 19:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/196948733 Venus s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197925297 ~ is the second brightest natural  object in the sky...
~ is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
~ Venus is sometimes referred to as the “morning star” and “evening star”. ...]]> 2017-10-17 17:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197925297 Earth s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197935525 ~he Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System.
~The Earth's rotation is gradually slowing.
~Earth is the only planet not named after a god. ...



]]> 2017-10-17 17:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197935525 Mars s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197940933 ~is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide.
~is often described as the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance.
~ Named after the Roman god of war]]> 2017-10-17 17:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197940933 Jupiter s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197944895 ~The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the Sun.
~It is made primarily of gases and is therefore known as a “gas giant”.
~is two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined.
]]> 2017-10-17 17:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197944895 Saturn s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197947291 ~is the second largest planet.
~is best known for its fabulous ring system that was first observed in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
~ is a gas giant and is composed of similar gasses including hydrogen, helium and methane.]]> 2017-10-17 18:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197947291 Uranus s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197950541 ~Uranus turns on its axis once every 17 hours, 14 minutes.  ~Uranus was officially discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781.
~Uranus is often referred to as an “ice giant” planet

]]> 2017-10-17 18:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/197950541 Neptune s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198239892 ~Neptune is the Roman God of the Sea.
~it takes Neptune 164.8 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
~Neptune has the second largest gravity of any planet in the solar system – second only to Jupiter.

]]> 2017-10-18 14:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198239892 ~Millions of meteoroids travel through Earth's atmosphere each day s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198621471 ~The appearance of a number of meteors occurring in the same part of the sky over a period of time is called “meteor shower”.
~The appearance of a number of meteors occurring in the same part of the sky over a period of time is called “meteor shower”.
~Meteroids are Rocky or iron.


]]> 2017-10-19 12:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198621471 ~Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun. s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198631917 ~There are currently over 600,000 known asteroids in our solar system.
~The first asteroid was Ceres, discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801.
~Some reflect light well , others are black as coal.
~Can be any size from tens of meters across to nearly 1/4 the diameter of our moon.]]> 2017-10-19 12:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198631917 ~There are eight planets in the Solar System. ~The inner planets (also known as terrestrial planets) are smaller and made mostly of rock and metal. s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198657038 ~The solar system includes the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it due to its gravity. 
~The Solar System formed around 4.6 billion years ago.

]]> 2017-10-19 13:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198657038 s_marty_mackey https://padlet.com/s_marty_mackey/yz0lpbf1tbms/wish/198660304
 ~As a meteoroid travels through our atmosphere, it is heated by friction.
~when a meteor encounters our atmosphere and is vaporized, it leaves behind a trail. That “burning” meteoroid is called a meteor.
~Showers occur when Earth’s orbit crosses the path of a comet’s orbit.


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