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Sophia - Venus
Julia - Mercury
- Earth (done script and power point)
Declan - Mars
Francesca - Neptune

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Venus
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Venus Data
• Average distance from the Sun: 108 million km, i.e. about 70% the distance between the Sun and Earth.

.Highest temperature ever recorded: 57.8 °C
.Distance to sun: 9.302 x 10 to the 7 miles
Atmosphere:.Atmosphere: 78% nitrogen,
.Moon: one moon. mass: 7.347 7 × 1022 KG (0.012 3 Earths)
.Rings: has no rings
.Named for?: not named after a person, real or mythical. only planet not named after a mythical god.named after what its people live on, earth (or soil)
.Highest Mountain: peak of Mount Everest is 8,848 meters
Lowest.Lowest Point on sea level
Identifing
.Identifing Earth: Earth few craters.
Storms:
.Storms: Earth has Cyclone hurricane
Bibliography:
.Bibliography: http://geology.com; www.universetoday.com;

950 kilometers / http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/kbos_dwarfplanets.php#ceres
pluto- 2360 kilometers / http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/kbos_dwarfplanets.php#eris
eris-2400 kilometers / http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/kbos_dwarfplanets.php#eris
mass of 21 power / http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/asteroidfact.html
pluto-1.3 × 1022 kilograms/ http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/weekly/6Page143.pdfkilograms
eris-1.67 x 22 power / www.planetary.org/explore/topics/asteroids_and.../ceres.html
Distance from sun:
billion miles / www.spacesciencegroup.org/wuis/archive.aspx?path=eris.inc
ceres- 415 million km / http://www.solarviews.com/eng/ceres.htm
pluto- 6000 million km / http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/how-far-is-earth-from-the-sun/
period of revolution:
18.84 hours / linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0273117707006242
ceres:
ceres: 1679.8 days / www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A14538044
pluto: 247.7 years / library.thinkquest.org/20104/Planets/pluto.htm
period of rotation:
557 years / linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0273117707006242
ceres: 1679.819 days / www.solarviews.com/eng/ceres.htm
pluto: 248 Earth years / wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Pluto's_period_of_rotation
average temp.:
below zero / http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/
ceres: x
-378° F / www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/.../pluto/
atmosphere:
eris: frozen to the planet
pluto: has one, made up of water ice
surface materials:
clay minerals / http://www.springerlink.com/content/l2746hu7k7451347/
ceres: rock and has an atmosphere
and ice / http://library.thinkquest.org/C002416/pluto/index.htm
moons, how many, names:
eris: 1 moon, Dysnomia
pluto: Feburary 18, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh
got its name:
and discord / http://juvenilegems.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/eris-the-largest-known-dwarf-planet/
ceres: Roman goddess of the harvest, of growing plants, and motherly love
the underworld / http://www.lessonplanspage.com/more/205plu.html
planet visible from earth:
eris: x
pluto: cannot be seen without a telescope
facts:
icy mantle / http://www.solarviews.com/eng/ceres.htm
Eris The first trans‐Neptunian object found with a diameter larger than that of Pluto; also known as minor planet
ceres:
It is the only dwarf planet in the Asteroid belt.
It is too small to see with the naked eye.
been delayed.
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Pluto was not the farthest planet from the Sun from February 7, 1979 until February 11, 1999 (the order was Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, and Neptune).
|| {http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112188/_themes/spiral/spibul1a.gif} || Pluto will be the farthest planet from the Sun until the 23rd century. ||
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.Length of Year: 365.25 days
.Inclination of Axis: The Earth's axis has a tilt of about 23 ½ degrees. It is this tilt which causes the seasons.
Chemical.Chemical Composition: The
.Population: (as of 2008) 6,692,030,277
.Circumference at Equator: 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)
.Diameter at Poles: 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km)
.Average Distance from Earth to Sun: 93,020,000 miles (149,669,180 km)
Average.Average Distance from
.Mass: Earth's Mass is 5.9736×1024 kg
.Sun to Earth (diameter): the sun is about 109 times the diameter of Earth
.Distance to sun: 9.302 x 10 to the 7 miles
Atmosphere: 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.03% carbon dioxide with very small percentages of other elements. Our atmosphere also contains water vapor. In addition, Earth's atmosphere contains traces of dust particles, pollen, plant grains and other solid particles.
Moon:.Moon: one moon. 3 Earths)
Rings:
.Rings: has no rings
Layers:
.Layers: inner core pieces together)
Named
.Named for?: not (or soil)
Highest
.Highest Mountain: peak
Lowest Point on Earth: Dead Sea 420 meters below sea level
Identifing Earth: Earth is the only planet (that we know of) with an ozone layer, liquid water, and life. it is blue and green. Has very few craters.

average temp.:
eris: 405 degrees below zero / http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/
ceres: ?x
pluto: between -396°F to -378° F / www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/.../pluto/
atmosphere:
pluto: 3 moons, charon, nix, and Hydra
rings, how many, made of:
eris: zero
ceres: zero
pluto: zero
defining characteristics:
eris: largest dwarf planet
ceres: large dark spot
pluto: Pluto has a density of about two times that of water
hills, valleys, craters, storms:
eris: does not have hills, valleys, craters, or storms
ceres: has craters
pluto: storms and craters
planet discovered:
eris: January 5, 2005 Mike Brown
pluto: Feburary 18, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh
got its name:
eris: Eris is named for the Greek goddess Eris, a personification of strife, chaos, and discord / http://juvenilegems.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/eris-the-largest-known-dwarf-planet/
ceres: Roman goddess of the harvest, of growing plants, and motherly love
pluto: Roman god of darkness and the underworld / http://www.lessonplanspage.com/more/205plu.html
planet visible from earth:
eris: x
ceres: yes with a telescope
pluto: cannot be seen without a telescope
facts:
eris: rocky core, an icy mantle / http://www.solarviews.com/eng/ceres.htm
Eris The first trans‐Neptunian object found with a diameter larger than that of Pluto; also known as minor planet
ceres:
It is the smallest dwarf planet.
It is the only dwarf planet in the Asteroid belt.
It is too small to see with the naked eye.
pluto: Pluto is the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft from Earth. The Pluto Express probe has been delayed.
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Pluto was not the farthest planet from the Sun from February 7, 1979 until February 11, 1999 (the order was Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, and Neptune).
|| {http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112188/_themes/spiral/spibul1a.gif} || Pluto will be the farthest planet from the Sun until the 23rd century. ||
|| {http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112188/_themes/spiral/spibul1a.gif} || Pluto’s moon, Charon, is very close to Pluto and about the same size. ||

moons, how many, names:
eris: 1 moon, Dysnomia
ceres: zero
pluto: 3 moons, charon, nix, and Hydra
rings, how many, made of:

pluto: between -396°F to -378° F / www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/.../pluto/
atmosphere:
eris: frozen to the planet
ceres: does not have one
pluto: has one, made up of water ice
surface materials:
clay minerals / http://www.springerlink.com/content/l2746hu7k7451347/
ceres: rock and has an atmosphere
pluto: Nitrogen, rock, and ice / http://library.thinkquest.org/C002416/pluto/index.htm
moons, how many, names:
eris: 1 moon, Dysnomia
ceres:
pluto: 3 moons, charon, nix, and Hydra

pluto: between -396°F to -378° F / www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/.../pluto/
atmosphere:
eris:
ceres: does not have one
pluto: has one, made up of water ice
surface materials:
eris: carbon, oxidized meteoritic clay minerals
ceres: rock and has an atmosphere
pluto: Nitrogen, rock, and ice / http://library.thinkquest.org/C002416/pluto/index.htm
moons, how many, names:
eris:
ceres:
pluto: 3 moons, charon, nix, and Hydra
rings, how many, made of:
eris:
ceres:
pluto:
defining characteristics:
eris:
ceres: large dark spot
pluto:
hills, valleys, craters, storms:
eris:
ceres: has craters
pluto:
planet discovered:
eris: January 5, 2005 Mike Brown
ceres: January 1, 1801 by astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi
pluto: Feburary 18, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh
got its name:
eris:
ceres: Roman goddess of the harvest, of growing plants, and motherly love
pluto:
planet visible from earth:
eris:
ceres:
pluto: cannot be seen without a telescope
facts:
eris: rocky core, an icy mantle / http://www.solarviews.com/eng/ceres.htm

greeks discovered it
since jupiter is not hard to see because you can see it in the night sky without a telescope it is unknown who discovered jupiter humans have known about it for tens of thousands of years
from the sunsun\
jupiter's symbol is a fancy 4 it is a stylized lightning bolt and it represents jupiter in astrology
Red spot 2x as wide as Earth and at least 100 yrs old
http://www.heavens-above.com/images/jupiterPic1.jpgousands