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 At the end of the lesson the students
will be able to:
To identify the nine planets in the
universe
To appreciate the diversity of the
planets
To demostrate the planets in
the universe

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Answer the following questions:

1.What is the largest planet of the solar

system?

a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
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 Jupiters mass, volume, surface area and mean
circumference are 1.8981 x 1027 kg, 1.43128 x 1015 km3,
6.1419 x 1010 km2, and 4.39264 x 105 km respectively.
To put that in perspective, Jupiter diameter is roughly 11
times that of Earth, and 2.5 the mass of all the other
planets in the Solar System combined.

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2. It is the closest planet to the sun?

a. Venus
b. Earth
c. Mercury
 Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and due to
its proximity it is not easily seen except during twilight.
For every two orbits of the Sun, Mercury completes three
rotations about its axis and up until 1965 it was thought
that the same side of Mercury constantly faced the Sun.
Thirteen times a century Mercury can be observed from
the Earth passing across the face of the Sun in an event
called a transit, the next will occur on the 9th May 2016.

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3. It is the densest and the third planet in the
solar system and is compose of living
things?

a. Earth
b. Saturn
c. Venus
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 Earth is the third planet from the Sun and
is the largest of the terrestrial planets. The
Earth is the only planet in our solar system not
to be named after a Greek or Roman deity.
The Earth was formed approximately 4.54
billion years ago and is the only known planet
to support life.

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4.It is the second and the hottest planet in the
solar system?

a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Uranus
 Venus is the second planet from
the Sun and is the second brightest object in
the night sky after the Moon. Named after the
Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus is
the second largest terrestrial planet and is
sometimes referred to as the Earths sister
planet due the their similar size and mass. The
surface of the planet is obscured by an
opaque layer of clouds made up of sulfuric
acid.
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5. The fourth and the second smallest in the
solar system and is known as the God of War
in Greek mythology?

a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
 Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
Named after the Roman god of war, and often
described as the Red Planet due to its
reddish appearance. Mars is a terrestrial
planet with a thin atmosphere composed
primarily of carbon dioxide.

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The Nine planets in the
Solar System
 Mercury
The closest planet to the sun, Mercury is only a bit larger
than Earth's moon. Its day side is scorched by the sun and can
reach 840 degrees Fahrenheit (450 Celsius), but on the night
side, temperatures drop to hundreds of degrees below
freezing. Mercury has virtually no atmosphere to absorb
meteor impacts, so its surface is pockmarked with craters, just
like the moon. Over its four-year mission,
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has revealed views of the
planet that have challenged astronomers' expectations.
Discovery: Known to the ancients and visible to the naked
eye
Named for: Messenger of the Roman gods
Diameter: 3,031 miles (4,878 km)
Orbit: 88 Earth days
Day: 58.6 Earth days Second Planet
 Venus
The second planet from the sun, Venus is terribly hot, even
hotter than Mercury. The atmosphere is toxic. The pressure at the
surface would crush and kill you. Scientists describe Venus
situation as a runaway greenhouse effect. Its size and structure are
similar to Earth, Venus' thick, toxic atmosphere traps heat in a
runaway "greenhouse effect." Oddly, Venus spins slowly in the
opposite direction of most planets.
The Greeks believed Venus was two different objects one in
the morning sky and another in the evening. Because it is often
brighter than any other object in the sky except for the sun and
moon Venus has generated many UFO reports.
Discovery: Known to the ancients and visible to the naked eye
Named for: Roman goddess of love and beauty
Diameter: 7,521 miles (12,104 km)
Orbit: 225 Earth days
Day: 241 Earth days Third planet

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 Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of
the terrestrial planets. The Earth is the only planet in our solar
system not to be named after a Greek or Roman deity. The Earth was
formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago and is the only known
planet to support life.
Planet Profile
Mass: 5,972,190,000,000,000 billion kg
Equatorial Diameter: 12,756 km
Polar Diameter: 12,714 km
Equatorial Circumference: 40,030 km
Known Moons: 1
Notable Moons: The Moon
Orbit Distance: 149,598,262 km (1 AU)
Orbit Period: 365.26 Earth days
Surface Temperature: -88 to 58C
Fourth Planet
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 Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Named after the Roman
god of war, and often described as the Red Planet due to its reddish
appearance. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere
composed primarily of carbon dioxide.
Planet Profile
Mass: 641,693,000,000,000 billion kg (0.107 x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter: 6,805
Polar Diameter: 6,755
Equatorial Circumference: 21,297 km
Known Moons: 2
Notable Moons: Phobos & Deimos
Orbit Distance: 227,943,824 km (1.38 AU)
Orbit Period: 686.98 Earth days (1.88 Earth years)
Surface Temperature: -87 to -5 C
First Record: 2nd millennium BC
Recorded By: Egyptian astronomers Fifth Planet
 Jupiter
The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the Sun, and is two and a
half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar
system combined. It is made primarily of gases and is therefore known as a gas
giant.
Planet Profile
Mass: 1,898,130,000,000,000,000 billion kg (317.83 x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter: 142,984 km
Polar Diameter: 133,709 km
Equatorial Circumference: 439,264 km
Known Moons: 67
Notable Moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede & Callisto
Known Rings: 4
Orbit Distance: 778,340,821 km (5.20 AU)
Orbit Period: 4,332.82 Earth days (11.86 Earth years)
Surface Temperature: -108C
First Record: 7th or 8th century BC Six Planet
 Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the most distant that can be
seen with the naked eye. It is best known for its fabulous ring system that was
discovered in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
Planet Profile
Mass: 568,319,000,000,000,000 billion kg (95.16 x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter: 120,536 km
Polar Diameter: 108,728 km
Equatorial Circumference: 365,882 km
Known Moons: 62
Notable Moons: Titan, Enceladus, Iapetus, Mimas, Tethys, Dione & Rhea.
Known Rings: 30+ (7 Groups)
Orbit Distance: 1,426,666,422 km (9.58 AU)
Orbit Period: 10,755.70 Earth days (29.45 Earth years)
Surface Temperature: -139 C
First Record: 8th century BC

Seventh Planet
 Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Its not visible to the
naked eye, and became the first planet discovered with the use of a
telescope. Uranus is tipped over on its side with an axial tilt of 98
degrees. It is often described as rolling around the Sun on its side.
Planet Profile
Mass: 86,810,300,000,000,000 billion kg (14.536 x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter: 51,118 km
Polar Diameter: 49,946 km
Equatorial Circumference: 159,354 km
Known Moons: 27
Notable Moons: Oberon, Titania, Miranda, Ariel & Umbriel
Known Rings: 13
Orbit Distance: 2,870,658,186 km (19.22 AU)
Orbit Period: 30,687.15 Earth days (84.02 Earth years)
Surface Temperature: -197 C
Discover Date: March 13th 1781
Discovered By: William Herschel
Eight Planet
 Neptune
Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun making it the most
distant in the solar system. This gas giant planet may have formed
much closer to the Sun in early solar system history before migrating
to its present position.
Planet Profile
Mass: 102,410,000,000,000,000 billion kg (17.15x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter: 49,528 km
Polar Diameter: 48,682 km
Equatorial Circumference: 155,600 km
Known Moons: 14
Notable Moons: Triton
Known Rings: 5
Orbit Distance: 4,498,396,441 km (30.10 AU)
Orbit Period: 60,190.03 Earth days (164.79 Earth years)
Surface Temperature: -201 C
Discover Date: September 23rd 1846
Discovered By: Urbain Le Verrier & Johann Galle Ninth Planet
 Pluto
Pluto, once considered the ninth and most distant planet from the sun,
is now the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It is also one of
the largest known members of the Kuiper Belt, a shadowy disklike zone
beyond the orbit of Neptune thought to be populated by hundreds of
thousands of rocky, icy bodies each larger than 62 miles (100 kilometers)
across, along with 1 trillion or more comets.
Planet Profile
Mass: 13,050,000,000,000 billion kg (0.00218 x Earth)
Diameter: 2,372 km (+-2 km)
Known Moons: 5
Notable Moons: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx
Orbit Distance: 5,874,000,000 km (39.26 AU)
Orbit Period: 246.04 Earth years
Surface Temperature: -229C
Discovery Date: 18th February 1930
Discovered By: Clyde W. Tombaugh
 Quiz
Answer the following questions

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1. What is the closest planet to the Sun?

2. What is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?

3. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

4. What planet is famous for the beautiful rings that surround it?

5. Ganymede is a moon of which planet?

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1. Mercury

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2. Saturn

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3. Venus

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 4. Saturn

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5. Jupiter